Comments for Kipilefti

Comment on Msimu wa mvua by Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:37:28 +0000

Beautiful images, as ever.

(Those dream-mice are crafty!)

Comment on Unafikirije? by Kit

Kit — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:45:41 +0000

@Norax, amen on the music front. That’s true of me, too.

Comment on Unafikirije? by Norax

Norax — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:20:27 +0000

I have been trying to think about this but I don’t really have a good answer. I guess it is sort of a voice in my head but not one that speaks with a particular tone I’d recognize. I don’t really think in words, not ones that I’d see in my mind or anything like that, though sometimes there are pictures. Another thing worth mentioning is that my thoughts are always winding their way around the music that is stuck in my head, because music is always, in one form or another, stuck in my head.

Comment on Unafikirije? by Miguel D.

Miguel D. — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:20:26 +0000

So to comment in my own right; yes, definitely fits with respect to a wide variety of things for me, so the lake-minded metaphor seems correct. Also probably true w/r/t to the tendency to dilettantism, partly true w/r/t mastery, but not, I think, necessarily true w/r/t ability to either synthesize alternate approaches to problems or explain how the approach occurs.

As to the last two things I just said, I would note that both of those abilities, when I do have them, also fit ‘lake’ processes. When I was tutoring kids, for example, I would ‘lake-calculate’ the correct answer, explain (without consciously noting what I was saying) the method I’d used (without consciously before having noted that that was the process I used), and then similarly calculate in lake-style alternate approaches and explanations.

Comment on Unafikirije? by Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:31:36 +0000

Ah! I was talking to Miguel D. ‘06 the other day and he was saying that when he reads a book he has no conscious opinion on it, but when asked to give an opinion he spits one out right away, because he had one subconsciously. Same thing?

Comment on Unafikirije? by Kit

Kit — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:52:58 +0000

@Daniel: I definitely think that way when I’m thinking about systems, or CS, or whatever, but for daily “where should I get lunch” thoughts?

Comment on Unafikirije? by Daniel Drucker

Daniel Drucker — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:57 +0000

I tend to think in pictures and graphs (the CS kind) – I think in structures and relations, only rarely with any linguistic content.

Comment on Haina radi by Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:17:41 +0000

Lake Malawi sounds vaguely familiar.

Comment on Wengine wanasinzia by Chris

Chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:38:59 +0000

Wow, 17 hours of sleep beats the 12 I got last night!

Comment on Wengine wanasinzia by Chris

Chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:33:43 +0000

So there are two cats? Wonderful!