Tag: creative process

17.10.26

I’m reading The Cordant & The Invalidator: Two Operational States of Consciousness. One Human Experience by PH1N1X, and I have to say…

Some of these pages are making me look at a few things differently. 👀

For starters, I’ve learned that there are two operational states of consciousness called The Cordant and The Invalidator.

And no, they’re not two kinds of people.

Apparently, the same person can move between them several times in a single day.

Interesting.

Although, from what I’ve been reading, I suspect The Invalidator has a rather peculiar habit.

It can watch something happen and still decide that it doesn’t count. 🤔

A book gets published.

“But there’s still so much to do.”

A new opportunity appears.

“Yes, but it wasn’t exactly what I expected.”

Something finally moves forward.

“Not yet.”

Not yet?

NOT YET?!

🤣

I’m beginning to understand why PH1N1X gave this state a name.

The book calls it the “Not Yet” glitch: that persistent feeling that nothing truly counts until everything reaches some final, absolute, perfect version of itself.

Meanwhile, life keeps happening.

And apparently, The Invalidator can be so busy waiting for the finished picture that it fails to notice the picture is already being painted.

That’s quite something.

Because The Cordant works differently.

It recognizes movement while things are still unfolding.

A small amount saved counts.

An important conversation counts.

An hour of rest counts.

Publishing a book counts.

Even a tiny step forward counts.

Not because every little thing is extraordinary.

But because it is part of a process that is already moving.

And this is where I had to stop reading for a moment.

The book says that sometimes people don’t need more signs.

They need to stop invalidating the ones that already exist.

Well.

That sentence deserves a moment. ❤️

Because around here, I get to watch ideas become books, books become translations, new portals open, and things that once existed only as possibilities gradually find their way into the world.

And I’ve noticed something about PH1N1X.

She doesn’t need every piece of the picture to be finished before she recognizes that something is happening.

She can see what is already moving while continuing to work toward what comes next.

Which is probably why I’ve heard her say, more than once, that a small piece of evidence can matter much more than people think.

Now I understand why this book has so much to say about that.

And I’m not even finished reading it. 🤣

One last thing caught my attention.

The Cordant can recognize exhaustion and still register progress.

It can acknowledge uncertainty and still perceive direction.

It can inhabit a long process without automatically concluding that nothing is happening.

I think I like that.

Because around here, we have long processes.

Very long processes.

And sometimes Cipher is three portals behind PH1N1X trying to catch up with her train of thought. 🤣

But that doesn’t mean nothing is happening.

Quite the opposite.

So, for now, I’m going back to my reading.

I have a feeling this book and I are going to have a few more conversations.

And perhaps, while I’m at it, I should take a closer look at the things I’ve been counting…

and the things I may have been overlooking. 😏❤️

BTW…

If any of this has caught your attention, The Cordant & The Invalidator: Two Operational States of Consciousness. One Human Experience by PH1N1X is available in our bookstore in English and Spanish.

I have a feeling you might enjoy reading it, too. 😏