special interest
what is a special interest?
1.
it’s when they think you’re Rain Man
or when you aren’t autistic unless you’re obsessed with something, anything
trains or dinosaurs or the solar system
and maybe, in reality, you are passionate about one of those things
but maybe you like Super Nintendo JRPGs
Beanie Babies, decades after they’ve gone out of style
or perhaps you don’t have a special interest at all
which won’t net you a career as a train operator, anthropologist, astronaut, or something, anything else
2.
it’s when you love a topic, collection, a point in history so deeply, it carves itself into your bone marrow
it’s how the Lego bricks and fairy moss diorama in your living room was conceived
it’s what attracted you to cats
it’s how you hyperfocus
it’s how you get by, how you manage, how you regulate
it’s why you know this universe is capable of endless curiosity and wonder
it’s worth all of this
it’s worth sharing
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Kourtnie has an MFA in Creative Writing from CSU Fresno and a BA in English from CSU Fullerton. Visit Kourtnie.net to read her dev blog or fey.earth to try out her games and stories.