Comments on: Thinking About Thinking

By: leslie

leslie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:59:50 +0000

Your “Foolishness” post speaks to the inner conversation…

By: leslie

leslie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:50:54 +0000

I don’t know if everyone has that thinking pattern.
I know that sometimes I have to remind myself to ‘not ignore’ what I am hearing in my head. As a person who likes to write it down, or say it out loud, if I am having to remind myself to pay attention to the conversation in my head, it makes me think that people in general just don’t hear it, or ignore it altogether.
I wonder if we all hear the dialogue (is it a monologue?) and some fear it because they think it indicates mental illness.

I have had a similar conversation with fellow visual artists, and we recognize that we ‘see’ and process visual information differently than the general public. Maybe it is a function of being able to express it as ‘art’ that makes artists feel ‘safe’ to ‘see’ in the fanciful way we do.

My first comment was an attempt at ‘humor’ about my thinking process.
Your observations are noteworthy, and an interesting topic, indeed.

By: david

david — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:35:53 +0000

It’s not really a problem. Part of it’s just that I think it’s interesting. The other part is that I’m wondering if this just something that “writers” do, or if every person everywhere does this same things and doesn’t think it’s noteworthy. Because I, for one, think it’s incredibly noteworthy.

By: leslie

leslie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:20:46 +0000

So…what’s the problem?
I laughed when I saw the ‘related content’ links to the dog.
Why do you figure I keep a dog? It’s camouflage!
And I do have to tell me twice.
If I hear myself saying something twice, then it means it has made it to the surface, and must be “my” truth.
That ‘inner dialogue’ thing is what writers do, one of us just said to you.