BRIEF AND DISJOINTED PERSONAL RUMINATIONS
First, work is a little chaotic today – the day is racing by but the interruptions have prevented me from accomplishing much of significance other than talking to someone who is a Hurricane Katrina evacuee. That was actually interesting and I’d have been happy to continue the discussion longer than time allowed.
Secondly, I have a pretty good idea for a post but I’m a little stuck on the articulation of the concept. Usually, I find that reading or doing something on entirely unfamiliar will subsequently shock my brain into moving forward. Interestingly, the processing must be either subconscious or nonverbal but it seldom fails to act as a catalyst.
Thirdly, I’m under the weather and feel a sense of physical malaise. Enough so that I declined social invitations to go drinking with my primarily twenty-something female co-workers and also my more mature, longstanding, cronies who will be out celebrating the launch of a start-up venture. Sadly, going to bed early appears to be the attractive option today. Ugh.
September 9th, 2005 at 6:25 pm
My best creative/intuitive leaps happen in the car or the shower: enough thinking needed to distract, but plenty of cycles left over for the unconscious to idle. Other-subject reading doesn’t work as well for me (at least I haven’t noticed it doing so). Manual labor is also very helpful – mowing the lawn, trimming the hedge.
September 9th, 2005 at 6:29 pm
Hey Sean,
Yeah, I’ve noticed that too – mechanical labor – mowing, shoveling snow, painting, – the mind roams while the body runs on autopilot….
September 10th, 2005 at 12:25 am
it’s called hitting 40!
Barnabus
September 10th, 2005 at 1:53 am
Hey Barnabus
If so, that bodes ill ’cause I’m not even there yet !!! ;o)
There’s a flu bug going around and I might be fighting it off or something. bleah.
September 10th, 2005 at 1:53 am
I hope things get better for you soon!!
I always found that I think best under sleep deprivation with loud music. Certainly the best writing I’ve done here has been under those conditions, though I’ve known this about myself for some time
-Dan tdaxp