Oh, but I fully understand your frustration. It's useful to have some governing principles to the world. But I find patterns and order are most elusive when I'm trying too hard to find them. My thinking becomes too rigid. [ Sholmes approaches her shield, drums his fingertips against it, then balls them into a fist and gives it a firm rap with his knuckles. ]
At that point, I relax and simply allow things to happen. [ He raises a finger. ] For instance, when I reach into my pocket, I sometimes pull out an item I'm absolutely positive wasn't there before. Observe.
[ He shakes out his limbs, rubs his hands together, then dives a hand into his coat pocket. With a magician's flourish, he pulls out ... a broccoli floret. If there's any doubt it wasn't there before, it's not even covered in lint. The vegetable is tossed aside before he reaches into another pocket and produces a shiny, new harmonica. ]
It's rarely anything of use, but it can be a pleasant surprise! [ Sholmes brings the harmonica to his mouth and wheezes out a few notes. ] Have you ever tried to "go with the flow" so to speak? Explore the breadth of what your dreamotion can produce?
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At that point, I relax and simply allow things to happen. [ He raises a finger. ] For instance, when I reach into my pocket, I sometimes pull out an item I'm absolutely positive wasn't there before. Observe.
[ He shakes out his limbs, rubs his hands together, then dives a hand into his coat pocket. With a magician's flourish, he pulls out ... a broccoli floret. If there's any doubt it wasn't there before, it's not even covered in lint. The vegetable is tossed aside before he reaches into another pocket and produces a shiny, new harmonica. ]
It's rarely anything of use, but it can be a pleasant surprise! [ Sholmes brings the harmonica to his mouth and wheezes out a few notes. ] Have you ever tried to "go with the flow" so to speak? Explore the breadth of what your dreamotion can produce?