It has happened to me numerous times. An idea strikes like a flash and the moment feels exalted in its brightness, in its newness, in its possibilities, in its prospects, and in its freshness. But in the excitement I miss out on keeping a written account or note of the idea, and it happens not unconsciously.
I think I must write it down immediately. Yet...
It’s not about an academic interest in the study of the behavior of the mind of thought processes or the mind’s symbols and languages or of the development of knowledge for which I tend to take an interest in reading. It’s a plain interest in delving into other people’s minds that I read the philosophical and personal reflections of elated brains and enlightened souls....
