The Wendy Story, intro

Because Puppy requests it, I may put up The Wendy Story chapter of my novel. Each chapter of this novel begins with a quote from the lead character from the chapter before, so here's the Crazy Mike quote to start us off...



The Wendy Story


"... in short, gentlemen, your entire cognitive enterprise is a load of crap, a polysyllabic abstraction forced upon you by an over demanding professioriat. Look, the whole damn problem is pretty simple. Our subconscious minds are one gigantic roller coaster, a roller coaster with every possible drop, water slide, and 360 degree corkscrew imaginable. Our conscious minds, our 'rational selves' are US, the passengers in that roller coaster, side-by-side in the cars of personal space, all connected in the Great Human Chain of Thought! The reason people are unhappy is simple: they fail to realize that THEY and they alone, bought the damn ticket! God's role in this is equally simple: he takes the tickets, straps you in, and you're off! He says only two things to you: "ticket, please" and "exit to the left." The rest is up to you! So, all this mock white-knuckle terror and screaming, all this dizziness and puking, is not about the fear of death, but the failure to see the joy in being free of gravity! The most intelligent people, while they're riding, throw up their hands and laugh! And the most noble, beautiful people, the strongest willed, the most gracious of heart know exactly what to say when it's all over and their feet are firmly planted on the ground: 'What a rush! Let's go again!'"

-- Crazy Mike, in a letter to the Journal of Cognitive Psychology July 1986.