Rick McCollister

Rick McCollister
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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May 06
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I'm a guy, 51, who used to be many different things: recording engineer, inventor, electronics designer, firmware and software developer, husband. Now: father, musician, partner, photographer, friend, facilitator... and I write. I've committed to myself to write two pieces a day and post them here. I am currently developing a book.

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JANUARY 25, 2009 2:07PM

My brain

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I was looking through old journal notebooks this morning (for some reason). Mixed in among the "writing" I found this:

My Brain 1

It appears there was some sort of struggle going on, wouldn't you say? Welcome to my nighmare! It depicts me making decisions based on both what I am and what I've learned, then experiencing the consequequences which in turn expand the reference library for the next decisions. Or something.

Apparently the old thinking machine was in high gear that day, because the next page took things even further:

My Brain 2

See what I have to live with? Sheesh. How do you write anything with all this... I don't know... brilliant insight flying around in your head?

Help! I've fallen, and I can't get up!

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Might I suggest, in my usual inept amateur manner, that the mere fact you can map the complexity your psyche, and the influences upon it, is a tremendous achievement, a step towards kharmic balance?

You'll get up when you should,
Brian B
January 25, 2009 02:17 PM
Thanks Brian. The gift is the curse is the gift, I guess.

Why you say "usual inept amateur manner?" You are a friend. I am always grateful for your observations and your encouragement.
Rick McCollister
January 25, 2009 02:53 PM
This looks very familiar! I've never seen it charted before ...
Steven Axelrod
January 25, 2009 06:01 PM
What does the horizontal line across the top of the first chart mean?
C.M. McCollister
January 25, 2009 10:50 PM
Steven, I did these two sketches in my psychiatrist's waiting room a few years ago when we were first really working on optimizing meds and trying to figure out what my deal was. They felt enormously significant at the time. Heuristic living, maybe. Plenty more wherever this came from.

Caity, the horizontal line at the top of the first chart I think was meant to divide "what I am" (above) and "what I do" below. BTW, may I do a piece about you sometime, and include pictures and anecdotes? Maybe one of our interviews (old or new)?
Rick McCollister
January 26, 2009 01:34 AM