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In 1980, I wrote a senior thesis paper called “Imagination: A Romantic Ideal.” My investigation then was a critique of the German and English Romantics who, in their zeal to undo the “damage” of Enlightenment Reason, merely erected a new idol: The Imagination.

Through a concrete analysis of Keats and Poe, I discovered a truth

I launched Personal Strategy Compass as a premium newsletter a year ago. The decision made sense on paper: quality content, established expertise, proven frameworks. But something never quite felt settled.

Not wrong, exactly. Just… misaligned.

Then I drew an Oblique Strategies card during my own quarterly planning: “Honor thy error as a hidden intention.”

If

Well, here we are again. Another February 15th and another blawgiversary for DennisKennedy.Blog. It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty-two years. since I wrote that first bold and triumphant announcement, echoing Babylon 5: “And so it begins . . .” I genuinely thought I was late to the blogging party back in 2003. Turns out