Conversations with certain people

Conversations with certain people have this extraordinary way of opening a portal in my mind. I’m flooded with ideas after we talk, long-standing problems I’ve had miraculously resolve even though we didn’t talk about the problems at all. It’s like the mind-melding catalyzes some kind of transformation and, presumably, in the mind of the other. Nix calls this parallel metamorphosis:

Parallel metamorphosis occurs where there is shared investment in the movement of another’s mind. We co-create personal artifacts. A pool of shared references: books, hosted events, ideas, grinning faces on my camera roll. I save the links you send because I admire your taste. I read your words because it’s like hanging out in your brain for a little bit. Does love demand intellectual companionship from us? I certainly think so.

I increasingly believe that the most fruitful way to interact with people is to be open to such mutual mind-melding and metamorphosis.