The article explores the personal realization of the author regarding his problem-solving style, comparing himself to both Sherlock Holmes and Adrian Monk. While Holmes embodies systematic intelligence and deduction, the author relates more to Monk, who combines neurotic tendencies and fixation on minutiae to derive solutions. This approach, though chaotic, leads to both personal understanding and successful outcomes in creative endeavors. The writer suggests that this unique lens on incongruities can be beneficial not only individually but also for others when effectively managed.
I finally understood that, to the extent that I am usefully clever, it is less in a Holmesian idiom, and more, shall I we, Monkesque.
I find annoying incongruities in abstractions and I fidget and fiddle with them until I end up building something that a lot of people like.
This tendency serves both this fictional wretch of a detective, and myself, reasonably well.
Managed properly, it can very effectively soothe others as well.
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