Re: MD If you've gotta keep asking what it is...

From: Diana McPartlin (yummy@netfront.net)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 16:40:47 BST


Justin,

>While over-intellectualization can cause one to become
> stuck (e.g. writer's block, etc), I think it is just
>as detrimental to under-emphasize the participation
>that the brain does and should play.

Yes, you have to learn a skill before you can rise above it. There is a
huge difference between someone who breaks rules because they can't manage
them and someone who breaks them because they've gone beyond them. But it's
all in ZMM.

>I think the failure of some to recognize this comes
>from endless repetition until certain ideas and
>behaviours are ingrained in our lives. Another
>analogy: When I am involved with the physical act of
>writing, with a pen or pencil, I don't stop to think
>of the spelling of each and every word. I also don't
>pause to think of the pencil strokes which are
>necessary in order to create the letters. Right now,
>I don't have to think about which keys I must push
>to type what I desire to say. I think and my hands
>respond. So... endless repetition (or practice) will
>ingrain patterns into the *sub-conscience* which, I
>think is what we have previously left out. The
>sub-conscience is often mistaken for the heart.

And when you see me on telly collecting my Oscar for the groundbreaking
screenplay that I'm working on, you can turn to you family and say - hey I
know her, she's a helluva typist;-)

Diana

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