HYPER-DIMENSIONAL POWERS

The other day I went record shopping. That in itself is not unusual for me, but at the same time I discovered something about myself. What I discovered, upon further introspection, is nothing new; In fact, it's possible that a lot of my lifelong creativity has been sparked through my new(old) super power!

While perusing the shelves for new music, I found a record that seemed interesting enough. The record was by an artist who went by the name Xander Harris. The album artwork was an extreme close-up snapshot of a scene from a cheesy horror film snapped directly from a TV screen. The staff at the record store had written on the record's cellophane packaging an intimation in sharpie marker that read something to the effect of "Lo-Fi synth-horror in the vein of John Carpenter etc." This made me realize that I would probably enjoy the record or I would at least like to flip through my record collection and see that bizarre cover art pop out every now and then. I wanted the record, but at the same time I was a tad low on cash. Being low on cash does not typically heed my music purchases so I wistfully held onto the record as I scanned some more titles. Then my newly realized ability kicked in. You see, I didn't need to buy the record because I was already imagining a perfectly good version of it in my head. I may have even "listened" to it a few times over before leaving the store and that wacky cover design was burned well into my memory. I had possessed the record through some form of osmosis! I had so accepted the assumed compositions in my head that maybe they were more delightful than the actual hard copy in my hands!

I've always considered myself to be very intuitive and a good judge of character, and this 'osmosis' is probably a near cousin to those qualities. When enough elements or details are given to me about a new subject; I am able to determine its whole. Sounds obvious, right? Surely everyone possesses these tools of reason, but perhaps not everyone is aware of their full range of applications. We can draw inspiration from practically everything around us and this will allow us to not only shape our ideas, but shape the physical world as well. So the next time you look at something, really look at it, and you may be surprised to find that you are in tune with its texture or temperature. The next time you touch something, really touch it, and you will maybe feel its distress over the years or its contents will reveal themselves as if you have x-ray eyes! Absorb your surroundings, calculate what you've gathered and use your gifts to their fullest potential.