Dec 12 2007

Pink Elephants and I’m the Crazy One

Published by auria cortes at 6:21 am under Uncategorized

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It’s 6:14 in the morning and I haven’t slept all night. I wrote a bit. Read a bit. Painted a bit. My mind is dancing with ideas. The writer’s fright is gone. Now I am at the other end of the spectrum…bipolar creative disorder (I just made that term up).

Times like these is when I think about my little sister Tata. Years ago, when she was six, I found her sitting on the arm of the couch with her eyes fixed at the heavens. After a while, my presence knocked her out of her spell. I smiled at her.

Me: What were you thinking about?
Tata: I was wondering what the world would be like if elephants were pink.
Me: That’s the only thing you were thinking about?
Tata: That’s how I think. One thing at a time.

Fast forward almost twenty years later. I’m in my early thirties. She’s in her mid twenties. I share the pink elephant story with her.

Me: “Do you still think like that?”
Tata: “Like what?”
Me: One thought at a time.
Tata: Of course.
Me: I have multiple thoughts at once. Competing thoughts even.
Tata: Well, that’s how you drive yourself crazy. 

3 Responses to “Pink Elephants and I’m the Crazy One”

  1. # Johnnyon 12 Dec 2007 at 8:13 am

    I am sure glad I ended up with the SANE one. :)

  2. # Camion 12 Dec 2007 at 2:06 pm

    Tata may have a point here. I think I even fight with myself in my head. If I could limit myself to just one thought, can you imagine the sanity! My man would most definitely appreciate that one. I will just blurt something out and he will look at me perplexed and ask where the heck that came from…duh, left field!!!

  3. # sunshineon 12 Dec 2007 at 8:02 pm

    I started the one thought at a time process a few months ago. It has made my life much more calming. Life doesn’t need to be so complex.

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