There is just one contribution which every  one of us can make: we can give into the common pool of experience some comprehension of the world as it looks to each of us.

Dorothea Brande (in the classic, Becoming a Writer) suggests our unconscious is a good source of original stories — but it’s a reluctant creature, resisting the discipline that writing requires. She describes several exercises designed to harness the unconscious:

• Writing immediately after you wake up before any associations invade the mind (or caffeine invades the body).
• Writing at a prearranged time every day.
• Meditation also improves clarity of thought.

Photo: morning, Lake Alexandrina.

Tags: consciousness, writing

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