Read, friend, and enter.

[twfarlan]

When I read, I sometimes note that I have taken on characteristics of the work. I see things from the perspective of the main character. I consider events in the frame of reference of mathematics, physics, social theory, history, or whatever subject about which I've been reading. For a time after I read, I amI enjoy conversation, don't

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[acelightning]

i, too, find myself waiting for the phrase, the word, the experience, the "click", that will unlock the mental expansion that i need. the temptation to push for this, to actively seek it out, is very strong... but i know that the harder i push, the less likely i am to ever get there.

it would be nice to think that you've got my trigger phrase, and/or i've got yours...

[twfarlan]

That's a nice thought. I keep hoping if I read enough, I'll come across my phrase, but what are the odds it will be in a random book?

[acelightning]

i think both of us read far more than "enough". but the chance of the right phrase turning up is completely unpredictable; moreover, actively searching for it will make it even harder to find.

meanwhile, R. and i went to a memorial service yesterday for a former Protean, led by his Priestess. at one point she had us, one at a time, select one rune from the departed's bag of runestones. R. and i both got the same rune: Isa, "ice", meaning "no movement is possible at this time, don't even try because it would make things worse; all you can do is wait until the ice melts, so just let things lie fallow in your subconscious until it's time." gaah.

[rickvs]

Klaatu barada nikto.

Ftumch.

...anything?

[twfarlan]

Rwar! Mighty Trav awakens! Doom comes! Prepare, mortals!

(cough) Wait, no. Nevermind.

[rickvs]

I was fully expecting Sinistar's "I ...live."