long story short, I could write blog posts on lichess, with links back to this forum.

I have one such post ready, re: the 1.b4 c6 variation, wherein Black maintains an outpost with ...e5

guess I'm looking for a little encouragement too.  I am a comparatively VERY weak player compared to the usual on here, but I think I have some good ideas now and then

speaking of which, it struck me just this afternoon, that perhaps not the greatest WC of all-time, but possibly the one with the most interesting ideas, was, of course, Fischer

why follow theory? make some!