But genres are merely outlines by another name.
Better to be discovering what’s worth discovering.
Noticing what you notice …*
Verlyn Klinkenborg

It’s an attempt to open our minds to possibilities other than the ones we remember, and the ones we already know we like. Something has to be done to get us free of our memories and choices.**
John Cage

There is more to discover –
About yourself, others, the world, and how these can meld into
something new for you, but
firstly, you may have to forget what you know, prefer, enjoy,
Else you may hold back and never know
what might be.

As those memories and choices come to you,
Try writing them into a book or journal, and then
close it firmly (try this whenever a memory causes you to
avoid something new or different) –
Consider these things forgotten
for now, so that you may stumble upon more –
A book, a person, an idea, a journey, an experience …

*Verlyn Klinkenborg’s Several short sentences about writing;
**Lewis Hyde’s A Primer for Forgetting.