Goodreads asked Ricky Mato Paisip Narewec:

How do you get inspired to write?

Ricky Mato Paisip Narewec The source of inspiration or ideas for my book was taken mainly from a special kind of experience I had, and I write my poems to describe them, which I recollected in moments of tranquility. There are several places, locations, or people with whom I had these experiences, and which are mentioned in my book.
But those special experiences I was having was not like a direct approach, where I would physically approach them and tell them that; I am writing a book and they should provide some information or ideas, but rather I was doing it, whilst being elevated from an ordinary state of mind to a higher state of mind where I can read their mind and where they can also read my mind. That higher state of mind is like a mind-reading world, where one’s thoughts, ideas, or dreams can be read and understood by another person, without them telling you directly by words.
So the main source of information or ideas in my book is people, places, and things in this mind-reading world. I give this name ‘Mind Reading World” to define and describe this newfound world, where I was being introduced to and where people live by reading other people’s minds. It is a rather strange, powerful, secretive, and mysterious world and it is explained in my book.
Finally, as a process of defining and understanding that newfound world, I also made references to specific sources in my book where their works also help me in theory to define this world.

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