Much time was spent watching lines become tangled (tangle: v. 1 to twist together into a confused mass). Even more time was spent untangling (untangle: v. 1 to free from tangles. 2 to free from complications or confusion).
Guess who did the untangling?
Yes, and I learned something.
Or re-learned something.
Or re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re(you get the picture)-learned something.
When I tried to make an intellectual pursuit of untangling the fishing lines -- a mental map, a pre-planned strategy for solving the puzzle dammit! -- it never worked.
But when I stopped thinking so hard and gave over to intuition (intuition n. the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning), when I let the tangles and my hands do a slow, unthinking dance, the lines practically untangled themselves.
Note to self.
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| not squeamish |
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| he'll do it his way |
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| born serious |
And P.S., Happy Bloomsday
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2 comments:
I love this example of intuition, it's so true!
Pepe, it's so simple it seems...... intuitive. :) Thanks for reading.
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