stuck under the car seat

I have a thought that is stuck between the cushion and the center console of my mind. I have tried to get it out of there several times. This is the routine: I shove your hand down there as far as it will go only to feel nothing. Get out of the car, knees on the ground, head under the steering wheel. Don't even see it. Where is that flashlight? Go around back, get the flashlight. Back to the knees and head. Ok, now I see the damn idea, but this isn't the right angle. Take a mental snapshot and go back to the hand contortion. This time I have my hand all the way down again and am referring to the snapshot. I am looking up with my eyes closed and following the virtual map. Ok, I know I am close this time but if going to cause damage if I shove my hand in any further. I quickly think about using a tool but dismiss it for now. I am willing to accept a bit of damage. After all this is an important idea for me and need to get it out from there. Here we go. I feel the first knuckle split on an edge of plastic from the console. No turning back now. I am all in. (At least that is what I am telling myself). I still don't feel the idea anywhere, just some dull burning. This is as far as I can get downward and must have miscalculated the location I pinpointed on my map. Lateral movements in this situation are where the real damage come. Needs to be done. There is no careful way to do this so I just go about it. I queeze a bit more depth while moving slightly backward. I feel two things. One is almost certainly the jagged edge of a seat spring lodging itself under the cuticle of my ring finger. I barely feel it; I know I am close. The other is the idea. I am finally touching the idea that has been lodged so deep and unattainable. I make my move. Breath in, eyes closed, lips pursed, and go.
I flail and shove it deeper into the crevasse.
This has been going on since December first. I could tell you the time and the place too, but that is just not important. I have tried more than just the knuckle breaker. I have tried the coat hanger, the seat back and forth, the hill, the shaker, the push and pull. You get the idea. There have been times I believed that the idea should just stay where it is. There have been times I wanted it to just go away. It's just not going to happen.
I had just been sitting silently frightened to even write what I think might be necessary. I think I may need some help.
If you are reading this and saying to yourself "I wanna help, but how?" Forget it. Unfortunately for us, that eliminates you. Unfortunately for me, I can say no more.
This idea has it's enemies and detractors as all ideas worth their salt do. Most of the time, these can be disregarded and will be as long as possible. If you are reading this and know what I am talking about, please throw me a bone, drop me a line, other cliche here. Please use your more dexterous hands, reach into my brain and help me get that idea unstuck. I really need it to be.

Thanks Alice and Steve for hosting a wonderful NYE party. See you guys soon.

Irrigators regulate the rivers;
fletchers straighten the arrow shaft;
carpenters shape the wood;
the wise control themselves.