So I was reading this article by Shelley Jackson and I got to thinking about the words she used in " Body Not Whole". Apparently, the physical and mental states of the body are separate and work in an intangible/tangible system. We cannot feel or see how our brain generating the thoughts produced but we know and see that the brain processes thoughts the the work we show or the actions we take. Our mind provides and generates the thoughts, but our body holds everything together. We can draw diagrams and analyze cells with microscopes, which puts our mind at work, but our body cannot physically identify the sensation of a red blood cell.
Next I make a stop at "No-Place" where I think Shelley implies is the centerfold for creativity. Normally, we wouldn't be able to write about a talking alligator wearing a blue swimsuit in an article dictating the natural habitat of the Florida alligator. In an unrealistic setting, such as a novel, we can get away with writing ideas that come from nowhere. You can't pinpoint a thought and ask where it came from. It just did. There are numerous possibilities stemming from a place without confines. So the place becomes a "no-place" because there is no right lace for the ideas. It is like being able to run wild in the Safari desert without thinking where you have to go. Thoughts can be free-flowing from anywhere.
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