Every page a winter garden
Free word association
Questions a writer asks in relation to any potential idea
1st. Positive or affirmative approach
Major question: Is it so that it is so? Is it so that it is not so?
a. Is it absolute--Is it pure, does it have power?
b. Does its opposite exist--is it weak, is it doomed?
2nd Negative or rhetorical approach
Major question: Is it not so that it is so? Is it not so that it is not so?
a.Is it paradoxical--could I write about it?
b. Does it have meaning--is it catalystic?
3rd Qualitative approach
Major question: What is it?
a. What is the "it" that can be measured--what was the first thought?
b. What is the quality of that measurement--what are you afraid of?
4th Quantitative
Major question: Can it be measured? How unique is it?
a. What is its unique quality/ quantity?
b. Give it a name and conquer the fear.
5th Excessory/ Entelechy
Major question: How does it judge? How is it judged?
a. Judge judgment,
b. Experience experience.
6th Judgment
Major question: In what way does it represent something else?
a. What is its madness?
b. If it is hollow, is it because the world is inside it or outside it?
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