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Fingers of the Mind and In The Zone

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

I learned to type
because my fingers remembered
the keys.

The "Blogging Circle of Friends "  prompt for DAY 1553
"Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers." Isaac Asimov What is writing to you? Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Asimov?

Fingers of the Mind

Do I think through my fingers?
Sometimes I believe the answer is yes
since I believe that I learned to type
because my fingers remembered the keys.

Thinking with or through your fingers can be a lot safer then thinking with other parts of you body. I driven a car long enough to know that many people don't think with their heads when they're behind the wheel. When I write I attempt to think with my brain which doesn't always happen. This is especially true when I enter The Zone. I'm not sure what I'm thinking with in The Zone perhaps my subconscious mind. I know that when I reach that point I write without thinking about anything. My finger type without any conscious effort on my part.

In The Zone

In the zone
my fingers are not my own,
they type without conscious direction.

In the zone
I don't worry about syntax,
typos,
plot
or character.

In the zone
I type
character after character,
line after line,
stanza after stanza
without conscious thought
my mind a blank slate
for my muse.