(June 25, 2013 at 2:28 pm)whateverist Wrote: You've got just one important choice regarding the mystery. Leave it wide open or seal yourself off into a limited chamber of your own design.
I agree to a certain extent. I actually think there are two choices here, and I'd wager you will like them both, whateverist. The first is the one you proposed in the quote above. The second, which is to dive into the mystery head first, does not leave it wide open, but there is also no promise of limiting someone to a chamber of his or her own design. If the mystery is explored and consequentially produces results, then that, in my book, is a success, and no such imaginary box that keeps new ideas out is created or even considered.
I'm not one to leave things be.