Debbienho !

  What I’m thinking Image credit: AZ Quotes Eh, so disorder isn’t always a bad thing.  This is context-dependent. Do not go and topple tables and fling whips and scatter people and say you had my backing.  You know how a brain usually brains. You picture a process. It has a beginning, a middle, an expected end. It’s logical. Yet when you go to work on it, you may not want to go in the order it presents itself.  Or it’s just me?  I had a writing task. Mentally, I’d split it into 5 or 6 parts. Started writing it. Shut down. Went away. My brain was only focused on getting down that fourth part. Initially I wasn’t leaning toward it, because I thought if I did it, the likelihood that I’d do the rest, on account of maybe I’m avoiding those parts because I don’t find them as fun, would greatly reduce. Turns out that after riding the thrill of getting Part 4 out, another part was eager to tumble out. They all were. I think Part 1 was what I completed last.  Yes, it...

More than you think you need, love.  Some creatives are inspired by nature. They look at a stunning sunset, the purples and blues and reds layering the sky, or fluffy golden ducklings following their mama. Then they break out their paintbrushes and knock out something wonderful of their own, or get out their computers and unleash a torrent of words, carpal tunnel syndrome be damned.  I do not get inspired by sceneries. I like them, mind you. I think cityscapes are awesome. Sometimes on my walks home I get giddy with delight, staring at the dreamlike radiance of the full yellow moon establishing its presence in the dark sky. But beyond the immediate beauty, nature doesn’t trigger me to make anything of my own. What gets my creative juices flowing is other people’s creative work.  Reading a good book. Watching a complex movie, or the occasional speculative fiction series. Good books capture all my senses, no kidding. My eyes actively see, not the words I’m reading, but the ...