Deodorant Rant
This term STINKS!
Tag: divergent thought
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Man sits behind screen, not in front of it.
Many English speakers make the claim, “I sit in front of a screen all day.” This would imply the screen sits behind “me.” Yet, no doubt the screen sits squarely in front of me, even as you read these words from behind yours. Were I the screen, I would instead see a human face in…
How I Was Replaced by AI
I made the news today //
It all happened at once: //
Someone peering down at their //phone, alarmed as, //
All of a sudden, in a great reflex of //passion, //
I boldly declared, "fire, FIRE! Flee to the // nearest foxhole, now!"
Experimental Essay: Creative Blocks Are Meant for Playing with
Creative BLOCKS Are Meant for Playing with: I’m unsure what to write about. All I know is the title. Come to think of it, I can’t even imagine what I would write about. Instead, I find myself writing rewriting expressions of frustration at not knowing what to write about…this so-called “creative block.” I’ll admit, I’m…
(Experimental Essay): Privilege of the Witness in Narratology
Sometimes, from my stream of consciousness, an idea will roil up from the depths that compels me to jot it down, usually in a half-formed iPhone Note that I won’t revisit for stretches at a time. Once I do, I usually discover that it has either a) expired in relevance, or b) incubated some insight,…
Short Essay: “No-Reason Rationality”
“No-reason rationality” is not the same as irrationality, which is insanity. Why? No reason. See? Because there’s no reason. That’s the reason. To elaborate, when something arbitrary or spontaneous occurs, one of two reactions by the mind may follow: The first is to answer the question, “what reason did x occur?,” with the statement, “no…