Tag: books
An Interesting Aside
by Brian on Sep.29, 2008, under Mastery, popcorn
I seem to have hit the place with mastery where I feel that my own ideas are firmly planted. I can tell this because I have picked up non-fiction literature to read. I recognize that my need to come to my own understanding of things before reading up on them is counter-intuitive at best, and decidedly negligent at worst. Nevertheless, it is a core component of my nature and not one I wish to change.
I’m not sure where this learning style comes from. I don’t much want to know how other people do any specific thing (this extends all through my life, from washing dishes to computers to martial arts). Once I have made my own mistakes and learned to a level where I feel proficient, then I’m perfectly happy to go reading anything and everything on the topic. I think that this allows me the opportunity to have a unique perspective on the topic without the temptation to take what “the experts” say as gospel.
For those who are curious, the book I’m currently reading is Miss Abernathy’s Concise Slave Training Manual by Christina Abernathy, for the simple reason that it was the only book I could get out of the “kinky book” drawer while dashing for the rest room. Fortune has smiled upon me, though, I’m enjoying it quite a lot. I’m not much of a book review person (see above), but I find myself nodding as I read and that’s a good sign.
