Re: Hello from Oz

Subject: Re: Hello from Oz
From: Michael LaTorra <mikel -at- HUEY -dot- ACCUGRAPH -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 14:31:44 MST

Margaret Penman wrote (in part):

I propose that good communicators have (amongst other things):

* the ability to recognise the patterns within a system and the
relationships between its components (analysis),

* the ability to view a system/idea from several perspectives
(imagination, mental flexibility, empathy.)

. . . . .

And if so, what do we (communicators) have in common with mathematicians and
musicians? I propose we all have highly developed analytical skills BUT that
in addition:
* communicators have superb empathy,
* mathematicians have incredible processing powers/memories (200MG),
* musicians are in touch with their souls (subconscious/right-brain
call it what you will) and probably a whole lot more.
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Yes, I think that most of what you've said is very probably true. But
I wonder why some people become writers instead of mathematicians or
musicians. Is the choice of one or the other forced on us by our environment,
our heredity, or is it a free will decision?

While I like music and esteem mathematics, I must confess
that I'm not very good at either one. However, my verbal ability is
my strength, so that's what I've followed. When I was younger I wanted
to be a scientist (and still read avidly in that area), but as I went
through school, it soon became obvious that I was beating my head against
a wall in higher mathematics, while I breezed through writing, grammar,
foreign languages, and the like. So even though I would have liked to
pursue a career in science, I knew that I could not go very far in it
without very strong mathematical skills. Therefore, I chose to become
a technical writer. But was this really a choice, or simply the best
available viable option?

Has anyone else on this list had a similar kind of experience?


Live long & prosper,
Mike LaTorra

Documentation Supervisor
Accugraph Inc.
mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com
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