Beau Geste (imported) wrote: Mon May 04, 2009 4:38 pm Plix--

I'm just curious as to whether you think your involvement with the story section of the archive, had any influence in your definition of your real orientation. If you've taken courses in creative writing, or otherwise studied the craft of writing, you must have read or heard of the theory that reading fiction allows an individual to have an experience of--sometimes an experience in considerable depth--things he otherwise might not have experienced otherwise, and therefore reading fiction provides him with more understanding of himself, and the potential for greater self development in the future. I've always wondered how deep people's experiences in reading literature are, but maybe there is something to the theory.

With your having gotten, after a couple of years, some perspective on orchiectomy, I get the impression that you see it as something which has opened elements of your personality and types of ability which you wouldn't otherwise have had. Considering the careers of some who became eunuchs in the past, it soes seem that creative thought may be facilitated by the change in hormones.

If you haven't made a career choice yet, have you considering becoming a sounselor, mediator, or negotiator of some type? Being broad-minded and, particularly, being able to see things from more than one perspective, is invaluable in those careers. (and, incidentally, very well paid!)