So I’d like to know where, you got the notion
Said I’d like to know where, you got the notion
To rock the boat (don’t rock the boat, baby)
Rock the boat (don’t tip the boat over)
Rock the boat (don’t rock the boat, baby)
Rock the boat -song, “Rock The Boat” by The Hues Corporation
no·tion /ˈnōSH(ə)n/ noun
Etymology: Latin “notio” which means “idea.”
1. a conception of or belief about something.
2. an impulse or desire, especially one of a whimsical kind.
Term papers are about stating a thesis and then proving it with evidence so as to persuade the reader towards your point of view.
But stating and then trying to proving a thesis is the death of your art.
Instead, start with a notion. (I love the second definition listed above.) Something that gets you intensely curious to find out more. Stay open. See where that notion takes you. Don’t judge. Don’t try to prove anything. Just follow that notion. Remain curious. Remain open. It will take you where it takes you. Trust in that.
This is what playwrights mean when they say “I just put my characters in a room and get ’em talking.”
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