RUSSELL CORNHILL

The Square Peg 2. Perhaps one of the most basic ways that writers vary from each other is simply why they write. It is easy to say, ‘to write that book’, but why ‘that book’? What are you trying to achieve? Many writers develop a love for writing at an early age, as teenagers or even younger, and I often hear other writers talk about their love for writing. That may be their primary reason for writing. I have never had a GREAT love for writing. Yes, I enjoy it. I wouldn’t do

The Emotional Self The Thinking Process 3. What are our emotions? Many people will say, ‘Don’t be silly. That’s easy. They’re our feelings.’ Are they? I wonder if, in fact, they aren’t a lot more than that. How many emotions are there? Where do they all hide in the brain? How do they pop out on cue? Why do they vary according to the circumstances? So, let’s examine the emotional side of our brain, the part I called our ‘emotional self’. Why did I call it that? Some time back,

The Thinking Process 1 Intelligence Like most people, I learnt about the different aspects of ‘being human’ many years ago. I never really questioned them much at the time. The aspects were the physical, the emotional, the intellectual, and the spiritual (or soul). There may have even been a fifth that I’ve forgotten. Personally, these days, I only believe in the physical and the emotional. While many people will argue about the idea of not including the spiritual, I think th