Dec. 6: Free-Associating

In today's reading Mr. White tells us that we have two different types of knowledge. There is ariculate knowledge. This is knowledge that we are aware that we have because we use it on a regular basis. The second type is tactic knowledge which we don't realize that we know because it has been store in our subconsiousness. However, if we will just begin writing without stopping to prematurely edit we will begin to tap into this tactic knowledge. According to White this free association opens the channel to this hidden knowledge.
FOR FURTHER REFLECTION:
Here White says that much of what we learn is placed into deep storage "because we can't find a use for it in our daily lives." However, since writing requires "more dynamic knowledge retrieval". He also states that "the more you write, the thinner will be the boundary between your tactic and articulate knowledge."
Today's TRY THIS assignment:
"Spend a half hour writing nonstop, free-associating on a broad topic, and writing down whatever comes to mind, no matter how irrational or irrelevant it seems. Shut off the editor in your brain that will want to put a stop to such nonsense. Your goal here is to see how readily you can retrieve tactic knowledge about the subject. Afterwards, pluck out the morsels and use them as the basis for a poem or short story.
I like the sounds of this assignment and since I have some free time tonight I may try this assignment after supper. I won't be able to post it here but if it results in anything I will add it to the new blog I am thinking of doing as a storage place for my short stories.