Let the Madman Out

Dear World:

I'm eating up knowledge at school as proportionately as it is eating me (or slightly under) and with the lack of effort Summer entailed, each day my brain has been toying with whether I can take another bite. There's a lot of thoughts swirling in my concocted dust storm of synapses (almost like a famous Arizona "haboob" storm-- those from Arizona will understand, those foreign to such an event will simply ponder on why I chose such a word to include in this paragraph. It's a real thing, google it.)

Anyway, I was in Writing about Arts and Humanities class today. Please note that I'm neither an artist nor a human, but I've found the course to be strikingly well-fitting for my personal likings and such 'n such. (The same has occurred for Physical Science. What is the meaning of this?!?) After class I had this drive to destroy all the other students at the "Brimhall Memorial Essay Contest."

First of all, I don't enjoying destroying people.
Second, ...... ESSAY Contest.

Not even a pie eating contest. Nothing to do with food. Just the written historical word. Yeah, weird.

So I was reading my required book for the class (which has been the most down-to-earth-entertaining piece of required reading, both insightful and realistic to what's actually happening in people's brains) and I came across a quote that has since made the idea of the written word very personable-- even if the topic is assigned.

John R. Trimble, in his 'Writing with Style' book (quite an original name, by the way), quotes his colleague Professor Betty Sue Flowers:

"You have to let the madman out. The madman has got to be allowed to go wild. Then you can let the architect in and design the structure. After that, you can have the engineer come in and put it together. And then you let the janitor in and clean it up. The problem is, most people let the janitor in before they let the madman out."

Just something to ponder as anyone jumps in to a new semester dreading how your papers will ever happen. Let your mind run freely and rapidly. THEN edit. Then you'll really know how you feel about the subject in question.

But the same goes for any idea you may have, it would be absurd to say this only applies to writing papers.

To the entrepreneur, the artist, the intellectual, the dreamer-- Let the Madman Out.

Best wishes in all your efforts, and with much love,
Monica