Interesting and somewhat bruising encounter with someone who I think must be my opposite in Myers-Briggs terms (see post entitled “Lo! I am an ISBN”) Normally I avoid these people as they tend to think I’m a waste of space – and oddly, I am not keen on being thought a waste of space. But in this case I had so far got a really good vibe from this particular person. We talked of this and that: then we got on to my writing. The more passionate I got, the more worried he looked: that’s not what you want.
He’ll be sorry when I’m famous. Actually, in my experience, people are very rarely sorry. They’re more often puzzled. Anyway, the encounter left me feeling somewhat bruised and discouraged, which I’m sure was not the intention.
There’s a lot more I could say about this but I’ll let it settle first.
A couple of lines from a poem which swirled in my head this morning:
The pan has no Peter
the fan has no heater
- not sure what it all means but it sounds interesting – no?
See you tomorrow. Have a good day – and think about this Myers-Briggs stuff: it’s interesting.
TTFN