Ride The Tingle...
Do you know what sucks most about having writer's block, or I guess any kind of creative constipation?
You never lose The Tingle while you're having it.
What is The Tingle?
The Tingle is that feeling that makes creative folks be creative. It is the addictive, endorphin-cascading response within that tells us we have something to be shared. It can start in different places for everybody. Mine is just below the sternum and above the stomach. When all is going properly, The Tingle travels from its point of origin in the body and makes its way to the brain, where it creates a conduit of creativity that runs like a generator until the idea/expression has been properly exhausted. One can still have creativity without The Tingle, mind you. At that point, it simply relinquishes the honor of being inspired creativity. But with the proper mental discipline and sheer desire, anyone can create without The Tingle and become the next, I don't know...Stephen King.
At any rate, during blockage, the feeling does not subside. It wells up within its point of origin, waiting to be released. In my case, when I try to fight the blockage and release The Tingle, I can feel it traveling, moving steadily up my spine and past my eyes...It's gonna make it to the brain!
Here it comes!
It's gonna be great!
And...FURPF!
It hits the brain wall and scatters like a fart in the wind.
It takes a moment to fully comprehend that it didn't happen, and on the way up The Tingle has left your mouth open and you're drooling ever so slighty on whatever lies below. You're left sitting like a lobotomy patient waiting for applesauce as the moment of realization fades...
The Tingle re-enters the bloodstream as a billion creative molecules and will eventually recollect itself into the familiar feeling at the point of origin, where it will try again later to reach the brain.
"Guess I'll go take that crap!", you think to yourself (Post-Tingle responses may vary).
"FURPF!" That's a funny word.
You never lose The Tingle while you're having it.
What is The Tingle?
The Tingle is that feeling that makes creative folks be creative. It is the addictive, endorphin-cascading response within that tells us we have something to be shared. It can start in different places for everybody. Mine is just below the sternum and above the stomach. When all is going properly, The Tingle travels from its point of origin in the body and makes its way to the brain, where it creates a conduit of creativity that runs like a generator until the idea/expression has been properly exhausted. One can still have creativity without The Tingle, mind you. At that point, it simply relinquishes the honor of being inspired creativity. But with the proper mental discipline and sheer desire, anyone can create without The Tingle and become the next, I don't know...Stephen King.
At any rate, during blockage, the feeling does not subside. It wells up within its point of origin, waiting to be released. In my case, when I try to fight the blockage and release The Tingle, I can feel it traveling, moving steadily up my spine and past my eyes...It's gonna make it to the brain!
Here it comes!
It's gonna be great!
And...FURPF!
It hits the brain wall and scatters like a fart in the wind.
It takes a moment to fully comprehend that it didn't happen, and on the way up The Tingle has left your mouth open and you're drooling ever so slighty on whatever lies below. You're left sitting like a lobotomy patient waiting for applesauce as the moment of realization fades...
The Tingle re-enters the bloodstream as a billion creative molecules and will eventually recollect itself into the familiar feeling at the point of origin, where it will try again later to reach the brain.
"Guess I'll go take that crap!", you think to yourself (Post-Tingle responses may vary).
"FURPF!" That's a funny word.
posted by Sean Corley at 8:10 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home