Creative Writing

I read Kathryn Schulz's "Being Wrong - Adventures in the Margin of Error" - and I really liked it. At one point she introduced the notion that there are two authorities in our brain, the story teller and the fact finder. Ideally, you want to have a healthy coexistence of both voices, that is you don't want your creative voice lead you astray in the face of conflicting evidence. On the other hand, you don't want to be drowning in facts without any imaginary potential to put a new spin on it.

I was born fact-based, but I have been moving for a while now into the more creative corner. Along my spiritual journey I have discovered that the world we live in happens to be magical.  One little anecdote might show this transformation. When my oldest son was a little younger I had problems with the Santa Claus story. I thought adults were spinning each year more sophisticated plots to keep the Santa Claus story alive. I could literally see the brain acrobatic my son went through when those elegant white lies were presented to him, and the fact-finding part of my brain had a problem with the creative story telling. However, today I feel different. The Santa wonders are for little children. The true fun begins when you start on your magical spiritual path and you try juggling the facts and fiction. It's a lot of fun and it is, well, magic!