…must have had some awareness regarding the effects our thoughts had on our behavior, why she chose streams of consciousness as her style. It would be a gifted mind, who could produce without effort, the prose of a genius. Therefore what seems poetic discourse must already reside in the mind and is surely derived from some other source. I am sure there are those who can and do have the gift of authentic creativity when their minds are pure and unburdened, like that of a child. Love Street by Susan Perly would best illustrate Blakemore’s concept of the conscious mind. Not at all like Pride and Prejudice.
