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A family member sent me an old article this morning, and it's turned out to be the best read I've had in ages.  She said that the synchronicity between the contents of my previous e-mail to her, and this article would make me laugh aloud.  It didn't, but it certainly made me sit forward. 

I had written (about a different article): The truth is I find this notion too close to the Time Machine, too needy of division, too keen to simplify the complex boxes already falsely created.  We as humans have made the world so complicated, that people have reverted to simmering the information into smaller and smaller containers - but it will never work.  There are no boxes, and so therefore anyone trying to fit one or escape one will fail before they make their attempt.  Whenever I am told something new, I always try to acknowledge my first thought.  For the article, my brain must have scanned my recent reading, searched for the number three, and immediately made a link.  My brain is filled with mental reams of lists, and numbers play an important role.  I find it fascinating that now whenever I am thinking of tissue damage, I will immediately think of that article.  Two entirely unconnected things.  Sometimes I have to get a grip of myself in exams, as in order to recall certain information I have to first recall some very random and often funny anecdotes, events or other experiences.  If I cannot think of the word 'allodynia' (one that I very much like as it happens, hence my obvious keenness to unnecessarily include it in my last e-mail!), I know now that I can think of crop circles (yes, I had a little read about Dolores!), scientific 'people boxing' versus soul boxing or your good self, and instantly remember.  The difficulty lies with how quickly I can lose focus, and instead thoughts of crop circles might take me back to reminiscing about my childhood, and wondering about your friend's theory on crop circles, as it just did.  I am fascinated by these bizarre links that are made in my otherwise logical and ordered mind. 

It seems clear to me, that for her to have sent me this article, she truly understood the point that I was making, and I find that both reassuring and intriguing.  Most people miss my points entirely.  Of course, that does mean the fault sadly lies in my expression of thought, but I can only speak or write as I think.  After all, I do not have access to the workings of the minds of others, and so cannot anticipate their interpretation.  Unfortunately.

The article is worth reading, if for nothing more than to see the word 'brobdingnagian' used in a sentence.  I had never heard of the word before, and I have little doubt it is going to be my favourite one of the day, scientific terminology aside, of course.