Speed Writing

It is my firm belief that some of the best creative ideas come from speed writing. That is, writing the words exactly as they come to you. I tried this technique recently to some interesting results:

He sent a letter to himself. And the letter contained only three words. And those words were:
Am I happy?
On the back of the letter, he wrote one word.
Yes.
He sealed the envelope and put it in a small box that he taped shut with packaging tape. He then hid the box in the place where he hid the boxes because he knew if he ever needed to get to the other side of the boxes, he would open them first. And if he opened the boxes, he would find the letters.

And then, if you can believe it, the man bashed his head against the wall several times. Once he was dizzy and disoriented enough, the man picked up a ten pound dumbbell and swung it against the side of his forehead. Though he was dizzy and confused, he had enough practice to know where to hit his head so that he would still wake up in the morning.

Indeed, when he came round the next morning, the man had no memory of the letter, or the box, or the dumbbell. All that remained was a large bruise on the side of his forehead, a splitting headache, and an inability to multiply fractions.

For the bruise, an icepack was applied. For the headache, asprin. And as for the fractions, there were always calculators.


I don't know that anything will come from this story. But I was extremely interested in this man and what he was doing. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.