- Two Faced -

– I never find out anything by just listening to myself –

Who Me~Who is Me? I often wonder from day-to-day which one of me will emerge. The Grumpy know it all, or last but not least, disguised wordsmith.

— Two faces have I ~ One to laugh and one to cry —

Observational writing—What is an Alter-Ego personality?

Often complex complicated components of mental activities within an individual proceed that we may not always be totally cognizant of - ideas may just 'pop' into our heads; writers-creators-artist are certainly familiar with this process. The role of the subconscious may affect a person's behavior and influence actions and feelings with self-expression and communication all the same.

—Touch-Type Finger walking writing via the alter ego—

It must not be me writing. It mostly derives from my 'subconscious' streaming after thoughts spilling out that I'm rarely fully aware of. My only excuse is it may not be entirely my fault that the take-offs are not directly from me, but through me. Fingers magic have a mind of their own moving the Pen. I just go with it. Most of us think this way, but often don't focus at where 'ideas' materialize - from their own thoughts and daydreams - unnoticed. My editor is my wall; ideas tossed on it that stick are what I write about - a reliable solution.

I keep a notepad on both sides of my bed so I don't have to get up every time ideas spew out. Many luminaries dreamt of book plots; Paul McCartney has famously declared that the song 'Yesterday' came to him in a dream.

— Subliminal Messages —

Disney's Worldly-Musical Adventure connecting all people on the planet - 'It's a Small World' - We all relate in some fashion floating along with their boat-rocking messages. A refreshing yet fairy tale redundant ride. Not unlike the Good-Humors' ice cream trucks musically repetitive Tooting its Toted-Treats.

(Latin for "Other I" doppelgänger) means an alternate self believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality. One's alter ego will require finding the other to come out. Actors transform themselves into the 'personality' they are portraying. Mannerisms-body posture-intonation and pauses in their speech allow them to become the character.

— Zone Out —

A race car driver describes an experience he had racing through the streets of Monte Carlo. As he put it he wasn’t driving the car as much as he was simply going along for the ride; which is obviously a strange place to be traveling at 200+ mph: The driver simply said he was in the zone!

We've all received phone calls from close friends only to tell them that we actually were just thinking of them. Although some might say it’s not just serendipity or coincidence as opposed to sending 'brain waves' to one another. The loving relationship to pets is equally curious. Human-animal relationships definitely fall into a different communication yet 'relatable' category in and of itself.

— Who (really IS) this guy? —

*Villagers - We've all experienced readers interpreting things that are not intended by the writer - be kind.

Jay Kantor, Chatsworth, California

'Senior' Vocal Author - Vocal Village Community -