Hello my dear readers!

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Today we will continue seeking Our Own Trade using methodology of Alexei Romanenko. Has anybody received visible results in his seeks?

Let??™s go further.

Task number two. Make two mathematical operations with each action in the list: derivation and antiderivation of each action.

These operations shouldn't give the only results. You can get several derivatives and antiderivatives; all depends upon the chosen standpoints.

Here the systems approach is essential.

Apply the past, the present and the future to break down every action (it??™s a process per se) into its constituent parts: elements, interconnections and elementary operations with them. It??™s the first.

Second, every action in the list should be regarded as a part of a bigger system (a super-system).

At first glance it can be difficult, but everything is much easier than it seems.

As an example, let??™s consider a favorite action ???Paint landscapes??? in a simplified form.

Step 1: antiderivation.

Before painting a landscape you need to:

Find and choose a landscape;

Find and select brushes;

Find and select paints and canvas;

Etc.

But search and selection have little in common with creation. Here we do not create, but select from the results of somebody else??™s creation. That??™s why in order to move to the task of choosing your own Trade you need to make creation from non-creation. And exactly: substitute the search and choosing a landscape with creation of a landscape, search and selection of brushes should be substituted with creation of brushes, search and selection of canvas can be substituted with creation of canvas.

Then choose one or two aspects you like most of all.

But don??™t think right now how to do it. Just leave the most interesting to you activity.

Step 2: derivation.

What can be the possible results of landscapes painting?

You??™ll have a series of canvas with landscapes;

You??™ll know ALL the beautiful and interesting sightseeing in your outskirts and even far;

You??™ll know WHAT makes the beauty of nature as while painting you note every detail of a landscape and know its place in the whole picture; etc

Don??™t hesitate if one thing is impossible without another. It??™s important to realize that your work can result in many things. After you made the detailed list of possible derivatives of your favourite actions, leave those ones that you intuitively consider valuing your efforts. It??™s Ok if you think that you have big ideas about global problems. Write down the things that, as you feel it, are close to you at the very moment.

Step 3: Determine the super-systems.

Painting a landscape can be a part of more complicated and more processes, any process you wish.

Thus possibly, you don??™t paint pictures for the sake of painting, but to share your individual world outlook with the outer world, i.e. the audience. Sharing of your individual world outlook has its own aim ??“ to persuade other people to adopt your world outlook. The persuasion should have its own aim as well: maybe you surround yourself with people that share your views with??¦?  And only you know what for.? 

Maybe painting is the search for an ideal landscape showing the natural beauty of the World. And you absolutely believe that as soon as you find this very ideal landscape you??™ll be able to paint the ideal picture containing the very essence of the Beauty. And you??™ll be able to paint it using an unusual and ???magic??? technique you??™ll get with time and experience.

And maybe you paint pictures to retain the nooks of nature that, as you are afraid, can be vanishing from the face of the earth by the human disruptive activity. You paint pictures and give them to different people to help them to see the beauty they can destroy. And as soon as they see it, they would begin to think and stop their disruptive march throughout the Earth.

The search for super-system processes for your favorite activity can reveal many interesting things. As a matter of fact, this quest can lead you to the question of the meaning of your life and, in its turn, will help you to answer it.

The third step should result in not more that three chosen super-systems.

Pavel Nosikov