Sep. 21: Reflections on Intuition

White writes in this meditation about how all artists need intuition and writers are no exception. In "For Further Reflection" he states that when we get to close to a problem or concept intuition can help us view it in a more holistic fashion and get past the trees in order to see the forest. Intuition helps us exercise our creative thinking. The "Try This" assignment is to (1) compose a poem in which you make at least one intuitive leap from particular to the general using the example he gave by Coleridge. (2) Prepare a profile of a character who has powerful intuitive skills, and pit him against a character who lacks such skills. I don't have time to work on it now but I think later will take what I currently call "Emma's Story" and make Emma (the newly sober alcoholic woman) as the one who lacks intuitive skills and pit her against the older (in both years and sobriety) woman who through her recovery has gained intuitive skills. In part that is what the story is already about any way because this is one of the skills a recovering person gains through their recovery journey is intuition.