ENEMY SWIM

a short desertation on writing/thinking.

ENEMY SWIM

 

Gotcha !

 

Enemy Swim is a lake in Northeastern South Dakota.

 

This is about how we think. How we think is about

swimming up stream, therefore, "Enemy Swim".

 

As you may recall,  Stream of Consciousness is the name

of a group  on Writer`s Cafe.

The thought behind Stream of Consciousness is this,

 we can all write,  just sit at the computer keyboard and start

to type.   After a bit your mind takes over and things that

make a lot of sense start to appear on the screen .

 

Nobody is sure where the Stream of Consciousness comes

from, or how it works, but if you have a few minutes to

kill I will be glad to stick a toe in this pool of knowledge.

 

Among other things, thinking has been described as the

process of Yin and Yang.    We figure out what we are

going to say, work out some of the details in our mind.

After we have worked out the details of our thought,

the process of correction sets in, the yang.

 

The process of thinking has been a success.  We wrote

an article, everybody loved it.   We received numerous

flattering reviews on our article, then our writing died.

What happened ?   The average person will fight until

they are out of breath trying to get back their recipe for

success.   They had such good ideas before, why does it

not work now ?

 

Here is what happens.   Great thoughts are not static.

They do not repeat using the same type of thinking, over

and over again.  We have to upgrade our thinking, our

mind, frequently.   Just as the inventor of the telephone

switched gears and started thinking differently when he

invented the light bulb ---it was Edison. Was`nt it ?

 

You need to have great genes to think great thoughts.

Right ?   Bushwa !  No one would ever write a book if

that were the case.   You need only one thing---Keep

writing.   When you start writing and the "stream of

consciousness" takes over, you are just as smart as

Edison , Hemingway , or Shakespeare.   Just give your

brain a chance. It will invent all sorts of things as you

type.

 

Swim against the stream. Make mistakes, your mistakes

are your instruction.   Your subconscious will remember

and self correct, just keep swimming.  Got it ?

 

One could probably write a book on several parts of

this subject, but  I think the idea is all most of us need.  

 We start to write and our subconscious will do the rest.  

 

Just write a lot !

 

----- Eagle Cruagh

 

 

Reviews

[*** Hey Jude***]

This narration touches me with a ring of much truth. Wonderful, powerful facts here Eagle. I believe we are all conscious streams of energy. Even though the body or head might not "feel" like writing; there is always a stream of inner consciousness that is willing if we chose to open our souls. I love the Yin and Yang theory, which reads with so much truthful conviction I can relate to! Great work~ Jude :-).

[Simone]

This is so true. I love that you put this is words so powerfully. It's great ^_^ I can't wait to read more like this.

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

*smiles* i so love seeing a new you write - and i love the inspirational tone in this. very much something my mentor told me loooong ago - tho maybe not in salmon terms *wink*