What matters to you? What do you want to know about?
Pointers:
Write down the answers to these questions above, then narrow it down to people, places, things, then narrow it down more.
Google it with Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Search the Mizzou website for those topics. Search magazine archives for those topics. Search NYT archives for those topics. Go to library and look among the stacks at actual books with those topics. Read actual magazines in the library. Read actual newspapers in the library. Read MIZZOU alumni magazine. Read in-house publications such as ILLUMINATIONS. MizzouWeekly.
Talk with everyone you meet, including reference librarians, teachers, friends, family, mechanics, preachers, doctors, lawyers, dry cleaning people, bartenders, cooks, waiters, waitresses, taxi drivers, bus drivers, sinners, shoe saleswomen, cash register check-out girls, check-out boys, police detectives, judges, hairstylists, refrigerator repairmen, dishwasher repairmen, dishwasher repairwomen, junk yard dealers, car dealers, landlords, astronomers, botanists, weight lifters, long distance runners, paraplegics, deaf people, blind people, tall people, divorce lawyers, bankruptcy lawyers, federal prosecutors, district attorneys, short people, hat sellers, clothing merchants, old people, young people, rich people, bankers, bank tellers, plumbers who bowl, plumbers who don't bowl, carpenters who are great at what they do, poor people, economists, ambulance drivers, ambulance chasers, paramedics, emergency room doctors, baby doctors, skin doctors, stomach doctors, brain surgeons, trail walkers, bicyclists, mushroom scientists, child psychiatrists who go to Bosnia from Mizzou six times a year, poets who write about Palestine and live in Columbia, pool sharks, card players, video game players, card sharks, gamblers, snake experts, frog experts, hog experts, corn experts, naturalists, park rangers, canoeists, kayakers, baseball players, school teachers, angry people, sad people, happy people, drunks who don’t want to be drunks anymore, college students who know what they want to do, college students who have no clue, people from Africa who live in Columbia and clean houses, people from India who are cardiologists and live in Columbia, people from Somalia who live in Columbia, people from South America who live in Columbia, people who are doctors from South Africa and live in Columbia, people from Austria who are doctors and live in Columbia, people in Missouri who lost money to Bernie Madoff, Brad Pitt's next door neighbors in Springfield, Sheryl Crow's best friend from high school, the people in the town where Walt Disney lived, saints, Harry Truman's librarian, stockbrokers who are worried, night owls, early birds, luggage repairmen, people who sharpen tools for a living, chain saw experts, loggers, tractor dealers, sawmill operators, mountain lion experts, lead paint experts, gun shop owners, dog breeders, dog trainers, veterinarians, pacifists, & inventors you meet.
Ask them if they know of someone who.....
Then read the Don Murray handout, Problems and Solutions, I gave to you.
Read your favorite writers. Read their articles and books. Read profiles they have written about motorcycle riders, beauticians, and bathing beauties.
That’s a start.
BH
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