December 12, 2004

Deep Calls to Deep

Someone recently made the comment that my posting has been light. At first, I took it as a quantitative statement. A few hours later (I am on the "pick-a-number" mode this month), it occured to me that the person was speaking of the qualitative value of my posting.

EXTP that I am, I use extraverted intuition and introverted thinking to understand the world around me, to analyze and make sense of it, to give it order. I am always thinking. When my body is tired, my heart is full, and my spirit heavy, my brain becomes overloaded. To quote: "Under stress, the ENTP may lose their ability to generate possibilities, and become obsessed with minor details. These details may seem to be extremely important to the ENTP, but in reality are usually not important to the big picture." The things that I have been examining are things about which I have not the freedom to discuss, and that is typically what I do on this blog: write about that which is churning rapidly or calmly flowing through my soul. The writing process manufactures perspective for me. Wading into all that permeates me and that has left a mark somewhere on my being, I find that writing helps me organize the thoughts that might not damn my soul, but would provide for me a miserable mortal existence were they not examined.

So, if the blog is silent on things of the deep, it is simply because they haven't yet broken surface, or because I must keep them under for awhile, and that isn't easy for me to do.

Posted by Rae at December 12, 2004 01:48 PM
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Completely understandable. Light or not, your blog is one of my favorites.

Posted by: Randy at December 12, 2004 03:46 PM

Makes perfect sense, Rae. As a matter of fact, it's kinda what I'd assumed was going on, but your EXTP explanation clarifies it even further.

Grrrrr for the things weighing on your spirit. Prayers for the situations.

Posted by: Cindy at December 12, 2004 04:13 PM

Thank you, Randy :)

Cindy, thanks for your prayers. I really need them. :D

Posted by: Rae at December 12, 2004 04:32 PM

I think that our blogs follow our own natural ebb and flow. Who can post flat out every day? Sometimes I take weeks off... it just depends.

Basically, you do what you need to take care of yourself and loved ones; we're not going anywhere. ;)

Posted by: pam at December 12, 2004 06:42 PM

Very true about creativity. From Brenda Ueland's wonderful 1935 book If You Want to Write:

"Inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic, striving, but comes into us slowly & quietly & all the time, though we must regularly give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude & idleness..."

Posted by: jeff at December 12, 2004 11:20 PM

I understand what you mean about always thinking. I'm always mulling over something, at all hours of the day, no matter what else I'm doing. Life is too short to only do one thing at a time.

Posted by: Nathan at December 14, 2004 12:49 PM
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