Stuff You Don't Know About Me

[mrdankelly]

I attend mass at an Episcopalian church every Sunday, and at least twice a month I perform one of the readings

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[semibold]

That seems pretty logical to me. I think everyone has an internal monster to a greater or lesser degree, and some of us are better at channeling it in socially acceptable directions.

My monster is very greedy and envious and marches around stomping her feet and threatening great violence if she doesn't get her way. But most of the time I just eat until she shuts up.

[mrdankelly]

My monster wants a brownie right now.

[wanderingaengus]

Goethe said something along the lines of, "I have never heard of a crime that I could not imagine myself committing." As scary as that kind of imagination is to carry around, it's an asset in making up stories. (Especially if you're writing about Mephistopheles, I imagine.)

[mrdankelly]

Good point.

However, I can't imagine myself committing any of those white-collar stock market crimes, because despite the payoff they sound far too complex and boring.

[vuzh]

Interesting thoughts. It reminds me of something I read by Marvin Minsky that said the mind is more like a society than an individual personality.

[gilmoure]

writers of fiction aren't creating personalities, they're channeling them onto the page.

Hmm... I'm going to have to think about this. I've never really been able to write fiction but maybe I should stop trying to write a story and just 'doodle' like I do with a pencil?