Beginning to read this essay was truly difficult. This just looked like another passage from another boring book, which is not appealing at all. After diving into the passage further, i came across a quotation from "On Washerwoman - Leigh Hunt" that said "The fastidious habits of polished life generally incline us to reject, as incapable of interesting us, whatever does not present itself in graceful shape of its own, and a ready-made suit of ornaments. But some of the plainest
weeds become beautiful under the microscope." This was relative to me for the exact reason I didn't want to read this passage; it didn't seem interesting because of normal habits which force me to disregard anything that doesn't stand out. Madden repeatedly said that it is fully acceptable to not plan ahead, to let your mind ponder and come up with something you really thought of instead of forced, I thought this was relatable for all of us in high school because we so often try and over-plan and end up trying to force things to go well which in turn stresses us out to the point of a break-down. No matter how much we think we will be able to stop writing or be creative, Madden writes that that is physically impossible. Realistically, I took one thing away from this passage. That thing is the knowledge that I am always creative no matter how much I can tell myself I am not, and I plan to use many of these "lessons" in future essays.
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