Itʻs just not realistic.

A story caught my attention this morning that tells of a town not far from Motor City that lives without cars. (Good http://ow.ly/6cRb)

Itʻs called Mackinac Island and itʻs inertia with a tourism industry. People peddle, walk and horse around the 4mi island choosing simplicity and hydro-electricity over growth and consumption.

"Weʻre not interpretive history, weʻre immersion history," states historian/resident Bob Tagatz. "Youʻre in a place that looks like it did 100yrs ago and will look the same in 100 more."

Now Iʻm definitely more of a futurist than a preservation activist but thereʻs actually something rather progressive about a community that can live without cars.

Could more of us do this? Could communities shrink back down to places of geographical proximity, relational reliability and neighborhood? Townhall meetings, block parties and barn raisers?

The cliche answer to anything that isnʻt now is that "itʻs just not realistic." But consider this, that unless youʻre reading this via a hand written letter from Google in a field somewhere, most of whatʻs around you was once victimized by the same label.

Unrealistic is merely a catalyst in the art of ideation and imagineering. And but an antagonist of what is known as faith.

Whatʻs your "unrealistic"? Can you see what is not yet seen?

Dream up a new story. There are no penalties for re-writes.