Hi northlight! I did not know you were around here till you friended me. First comes gibberish, later come words, eventually sentences. I have no doubt you will find yours.
Dearest sister, I read your thoughts on perfectionism to get to know better a way of thinking that I'm not very familiar with. Co-workers' most frequent assessment of my character has been "laid back." I get a lot of work done by being laid back, which goes over well in some work environments though not in others
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My best writing teacher told me, over and over, to try to "fall in love with your own process." At the time, that was too far ahead of where I was for me to understand, but now I understand it better.
I think my subconscious laughs like a mother when I think about "perfection" and creativity, together. Whenever I sit down to write, it seems so overwhelming that I might be able to accomplish what I intend. The joke is - my subconscious is tricking me on "intent". Whatever I intended is never anything like what I end up with. It seems to me it's just my subconscious's way of tricking me into sitting down in the first place. I guess it COULD just tell me what it had in mind to begin with - but it's a non-linear form of communication between the two of us, and never LESS linear than when it's time to start.
So I'm wishing you a great time with your own process, whatever it looks like.
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First comes gibberish, later come words, eventually sentences. I have no doubt you will find yours.
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I think my subconscious laughs like a mother when I think about "perfection" and creativity, together. Whenever I sit down to write, it seems so overwhelming that I might be able to accomplish what I intend. The joke is - my subconscious is tricking me on "intent". Whatever I intended is never anything like what I end up with. It seems to me it's just my subconscious's way of tricking me into sitting down in the first place. I guess it COULD just tell me what it had in mind to begin with - but it's a non-linear form of communication between the two of us, and never LESS linear than when it's time to start.
So I'm wishing you a great time with your own process, whatever it looks like.
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