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Prostraints

image Some people find constraints, well, constraining. However, with a simple change in reference, constraints can actually be liberating.

For instance, the keyboard on my BlackBerry is large enough for me to efficiently type. I can quickly write simple texts and it’s versitile enough to hammar out longer thought pieces. Brilliant! Admittedly, a full size keyboard makes text entry much faster. But I find that on a full screen, I tend to reform sentences, thoughts, and arguments as my fingers race ahead of my writer’s mind. Constrained to a small keyboard, my mind moves ahead allowing me to develop my message until my thumbs are able to catch up.

In other words, the size limitation is a prostraint.

(Written on my mobile device)