2012-08-10-Free_association_-_the_other_way_of_thinking
Title: Free association - the other way of thinking
Date: 2012-08-10
Content:
The one legacy of Freud, Jung, and the many other psychoanalysts that keeps popping up for me is the practice of listening to what comes to mind first. These first thoughts are often unexpected associations that lead me to new connections among ideas I thought I understood.
At one conference a couple of years ago I restricted my note taking during presentations to writing haiku structured summaries of what struck me as the main point. It helped me listen with both sides of my brain. I'm thinking that free associating gives me access to more of my mind.
We'll find out ....
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