Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Author:Elissa Sussman [Sussman, Elissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2022-04-12T00:00:00+00:00
THE JAMâNEWSLETTER
THE ZEN OF PUZZLING
Iâve been puzzling for a long time.
It allows me a distraction from my own brain. To help me deal with occasional bouts of depression, of loneliness, isolation.
It gives me something to do that doesnât require my full attention.
My perfect puzzling situation is this: Put on a movie after dinner, pop an edible, and puzzle until it kicks in. That usually happens when I canât figure out whatâs happening in the movie anymore and Iâm staring at the puzzle board with my empty hand hovering above the pieces.
I like to start with the edges.
I want to create boundariesâcontextâfor whatever Iâm making. I want to know where it will end. This is not the most fun way to start a puzzleâor a projectâand sometimes the edges can be a nightmare, but itâs the only way I know.
You never know if a puzzle is going to be good until you get into it.
The fun part starts when I know my limits. When I know what Iâm working with. Thatâs when I begin sorting through my pieces, grouping them in order of color or pattern. I donât put them down on the boardânot yetâbut I build piles of them outside the edges. Not quite ready to piece them together.
Until I am.
Thereâs no logic to it. Thereâs no reasoning. Itâs instinct.
And thereâs something deeply satisfying about finishing a puzzle. About placing that last piece, that satisfyingly soft snap of it fitting together perfectly.
Thatâs not my favorite part, though.
My favorite part is after I spread my hands over the smooth, assembled surface, marveling in the work Iâve completed, I then undo it all.
xoChani
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