Chapter § Anatomy of genius Inspiration through banality and boring people ‘Lucy Huskinson House (ead an epiphany. ‘ive There are other oconologis OU Better oconalogiss, but Fnend you Let me desrbs the symp- toms, problems, sive and you say water you fe ike saying il somathing trigger a a i my bes sasoee That's not the way it works OU If another way of thinking aboot things. 1's opp i's vad ‘lined, snot vty ine, but it complemeeis ise, des me dows svemues I wouldo' ordinary sons House, jst go aay (Wor Caner, 8:2) Introduction: House does not have a ‘problem’ relating 0 people De Gregory House is ao enigmatic character undovbtely stoped ia neuroses, and the temptation to pyshoanalya him and to acto er his behaviors reat. A superficial interpretation of his compasion to eae peopl, an imple he hat ha snc he was tie eae (Deo, U1" his insistence that you ‘Ca get angry if you don't fel, anything? (ir fons, : 10 hs "Rubik's complex’ ~ is eed to solve the pale" (DVR, 19); and his addiction to the paiiler Vion are just afer of sever eure tris. We eovld inept thee a symptoms of his unread ‘ager owards his "batac of a (norbilegia fate, in elation fo whos House ats,“ he had been a beter fates T would bea beter so. Ta ‘what Las ecane of bi (Bivhmar 5: 4c. Dadys Bry, 2 8) Sach Speculative analysis, however, all to eas. Parlors, tsps os fu ‘A diagnesod House is «boring House: House's acuroie dpostion seas ‘he sow and makes Howse the captivating progzam tht ie In this chapter Tam educod by a ily diferent temptation ~ one that { hopeily le ofa por ~and that so cist oa’ ras, Tn he ‘course of dome 40, I aball sevea! tbat House's supposedly “oeurotie176 Iii theo ban ‘ompakion 1 alate people, to objeety and teva thom, 6 ot ‘ompromate of» maladjned peronaty per ss, nor nate of prob lem that would benefit rom yeas of pgchotberapy Rather, agus, ach behavior is integra to the thought process tht enable in to think’ his inspired diagnoses, or his wl profenod ‘epiphanies To putt another Wa. House eds to kx people at distance and odo them hel so he cat put then to good” healthy — se. People, a8 banal and eval objets, fake within House unrealized posites that fcitate both the deve ‘pment of his personality and intliget insights that enable him wo sve the lvs of otis. Trivaizing people ~ even insulting en? ~ part of House's hnking prosss, ad lat ta hed nt do so, he would not be the ria dagaostian hat he i, Bt just azote vey god doctor Tada in spon to Howse’ beayal of his desire foe ninate union wath snotbet (eunion with Say, hs exglinend), Wison ase "You ae 50 ‘mid thn if you hinge you wl lve what makes sou spec” (ed 6 Krow, 21 ows’: dane fre others integral to hi gens and yet a al ange, demite this apparest distance that Howse enfores, House need ‘ther people to enables inuton ad inspired thinking. Moreover an ‘owe contoversially, Yast thatthe geius in Howe tends to comerse wi the banality of boring people ors ow relzton.Tterefre re ‘utright J Winter’ claim that House ean arrive at his diagnoses without ‘ther peopl. In Wines” opizion, (One might tik 1 magne that House aus Foreman, Cameron, and Chase that he “couldnt do wilout then’ But the calif we fave no evidece that they ae integral As individual doctors they ‘nig be Yaluale, bul withia the suuctralcomtxt of the show, they ye not mcesay” As viewers, me bave every reason to believe that House could do I wtbout hm the ise week ae week (8 “louse baving the na epipbany abowt a patient’ conto, ‘aon: 4) | undermine Winters claim by peoving the evidence tat she could not find and inp call for: T explain bow the people around House — ‘otaly tough thle heel conversions with hin are Tntepral to the ‘edition of i eiplanies. I 0 anomaly and no coiacidence that Whee ‘House nds ine mituout his tum on board aight wth ack pesenes, beisoompele to consrcta rock ttm comprised of fight pasengers at sseable Foremao, Cameron and Chase respestinsy. Trough comers ‘Sons ith this mock tem, House can onder his thoughts and arie ata sppropristeGigmonis. In contrasisinsson to Wine opinion, | therfore foncar with that of Cu, Who orders House to Lie a now teu of Colleagues when his thought processes stagnate story after his team Inpiraoeerough arly 77 lsbund. Cuddy phi staus: "You reed vomeone to bounce iets of. You ed teu (dle, 4:1) Tn Sddition Toth base supplied by bis colleagues, House fd inthe lini patent ch source of tanaiy to inspire the epianier f Bit ‘iagnoses The din she ropin cae ie Wich Howse i ore agint ‘is wil (by hs bss, Cad to wet people who wale off este ite ess hat are al too eaty to diagnose. For Howe, the ci goo by the ‘other ame of Hl It where Hone ‘oadene oul ibout—2 pusicimest Wibonsdentes athe stth ele of Hell (Damned I You ‘Do, 1:5) ~ and shoe thee i "lancoly moet hope’ ~ 3 statement ‘ase foows wit the queso, "Wiles ces hat” (Dare If You Do 1:5) in Jungian ems, we would rear the cnc a the had to Jungs singnostis pete, for during his claic work the geius of House ‘epresed, mace redundant sod redo «the innity of treating wht House eoasders boring symptoms (Such as common cols, sere thats for ia some cass, to loss at all, Tras to Fagin dyoamacy House ‘tempts to alitance his rom ti shadow aspect. Here fo epee ovounterby gambling avay cia our in bets wth Cully (Dto. 1D he rides and belts it by giving fle diagnoses Jey To The World, 5 I, ody presvipions and treatment (Downed J You Do, 5; Ont ‘ax, One Room, 3 12) and by paging his coleagues for emerges) coo $ulationsin oder to mock te cate with them (Meaning, 3), of op he jek os tum by rening out fe roo when thy are (Shin Dep 2: 1 f,Orsam's Razer, 1:3) In Jugita terms, the ini is "house of el — fr nds, aporsayal of Hows it Hll~ bce jwthin the cis at louse is forced to negate is gai and embody area (on bong 3 House would sy) doctor and gene practioner, The shadow line hat neff on House sma to tat of keyposte or Superman However 3¢ the Fagin dike contends, the shadow is "pre sok, inertion hin esl facts idviduation abd te wholeness of beng. Tara eu heating from = Iga peripestive ries eto eggs with cs Shadowy apes and to lee from one's hazowing descent nt HAL IF we secept the sompeository ode af ihe Jimgsn payche ih ono omic jks, we mst consode tat House's solu aires the Barly of {he cl patie fos realization "House i cerainly drawn the wv om both conscious and uncom: seis level, to pleasures at intone. Ia addtio to enjoying banter twit hs cobeagues, bes devoted tos favors hosp soap oper: he {in avid player of computer gums, reade of came books, fallow: of ‘Monster am (esteraiment that usually involves ticks eu ots trucks) and pformar of practical ake (Sa, 2 16: Savors, 521s and he ‘yea hus a levis subsrpion 1 The New Yon Workahp, where the premier plays around with por tols (Clue 2:19. Like, is frustration with the triviaty of the hells cai patients, we find ch178 nspirion trough bras pickings for bis uncosciow attraction to then.? What is not obvious, owever, how Hos'sencouner withthe fats the proms hs inspied diagnose In olor word ow exactly the aml itstl to House's epiphanies ofthe comet diagnos? By aesing the tears ‘tang cogs psychology and object relston (parca Christopher Bolas ideas of te evoeatne and aletory obj), his paper wil oth answer this aeson, and also prefer the soni Iypotheis that it i ‘rough his raonsip to people ~ ining the Morag, heli cine Pant - that enables House to do bis work, a to rele the ania at he Is ilstation of Foreman’ clan that Howse ies ‘sontadizsions pling Up let and night (Dying Changes Eeryhng, 5:1 Tare tat Howie fascinated by that witch bores hi: and that far ren tlaiag lueTstiey to peopl by dancing hime rom tem, House engages Wi ‘hem to profound implication thinks ous's seis isin his ality fo dingose obscure ines accurately and ‘quickly ~ beloe the patient dis, or before the patent undazpoc Unnecssry Medebiltaing medical procedure. But how exacly does Hous ative at hs dlgaose®? Aud what are te undesjag tought ‘process of i gis? Our answers begia with Jungs Two designated pathways of thinking: decd and muecod Winking. Tese ae ways of {Biokng to which weal sbecribe, bat House, Tentend, does the fter patil wel “According to Fung. we think “with dzetd ateain’ when our doughs “ite the susasvenss of objectively veal thing that 10 say When “th igs inside our mind follow one another inthe same ei caval Sequence as te events taking ple ouside i (19L1-1218%: paca. 1D, Simply put, Gecod thing coocous loge catialGedction& frm of thinking ht a0 aleve diagodiun ike House can aflerd 1 be Srithout. Indeed, most of us would probably presune that Howse rls om “ducted dhnking wo gure ou the coret diagnose of is patents acs. Cerainly in almost every episode Howe uses 2 method of eiferental laguoses to ty te dsduc, trough elinination, the most reasonable dag- ton, To this end he com i earn sd esourages the to dbste te “ality of the competing dlagnoses in crder to abertain whichis most, Tkaly ed which eeprcal test wl help wo corroborate thet choice. More often than aot, House tses a whiteboard upon which he wes his if “nil diagnoses and frtherdedsetone Oso re fd ose alone, rig intent a the hoard asi consciously wing Yh cost nent to make ie knows; aod we even se him tak to t= "We pie you 50 ‘ach, and You give us so it’ (Datratons, 2 12) Howse wis ater props {o help direct his thoughts, such ab is lrge red and white bal, which he How Hou Inspcston vou bray 79 bounces, cates, hanes, jugs and hows tytn a i atte ing sla a paral ordering of his thoughts a much the same Way 28 etcive Willa R. Somerset sn the fm Se7en (1998 use a matronone, ‘he epuar Sek of which, Somerset matin, "helps me hak” ~ end in ‘ery eal episodes we fad House consulting textbooks and computer Hes (Poy 1: Occam's Razor 13) oped thinking, by eotant is a nonnsar ‘sutomatc play of Sear that eds away fom rity ito nase f the paseo faire’ (Gang 1911-13932: ara. 18-19) We thik without deton whes ‘We no longer compel our ioughts along a defiste atk, at et them fos, sink or re acordng to ther specie gravity’ (bid), In contrast to directed ‘inking which oopies log Suction in enrespondence opeecived reality, nondieeed thinking compris » mental cogs of wnconsious ‘sensations of “ages piled open images and Yengs upon fing ‘erango not stay aren seat but as one woald ike them f be (id) ‘To dink witout dzeaion to tak no-ratonly, beyond the concen: tented focus of the ego. I therefore reales eno abandon che acve fursuit of eas and witdtaw or discs from lope! chain of tesa fg ao that esol thoughts fom a persue uiinted by the eps Peja ean make themes known. That wach is beyond th e's ‘ccaluion is uncoasiou, apd son-diected shining i an uaconscus ‘sty, sayy,» for of Srennig (1911-12195: par. 19) [Non-irete dream thinking cle conscious problems so purses tives not yt oncaved by the eB, and can poit to ideas and pose ‘elution thatthe ego has ot been abl to tink Ths, alhough non ‘sted “sean! thinking appeare to be diorpaiod,n composition of ‘eas and esings inked by obscure asoctions, es ot without purposs, nd Teds fen t conctanons of 2 rains! sn proc! sate. Jung ‘ake efforts emphasize he lela nature of now-doced Waking by refrng wo ~ what he conses fo be ~ the autre sours of ‘Wiliam James and Feo (911-121982: pra. 18. 16). Despite is capacity to Id to ratonl conclusions, House is not com sinced on a coscnu eel - ofthe vate of non deste thinking, 8 he openy dismiss it In reqonse to. Cameron's asation, "You art apparel, afaid of discovering something you cau raonally explain, Howse ang saps ‘Shot up? (Top Sort, 3 16) And yet, ot ony does Howse adopt bot types of thinking (as weal do), he sees t0 become more dependent on nodected thinking fromthe second season onwards, 2 his spontneous ings or epiphanies likewise become mare fru. ‘Wischeer ype of thskns te adopts depends on what be dig aad with hom Foe House to beg to tisk wit aonietion he must walk say fiom bis wbieboad and eam onthe tevin to watch a soup ope. ot incerape the intelecnal debate of his oleagues on diesen dngoees to goon about their peroval, otal and emotnoal live. And of cours,2 tapraon south bana hese are the inde of things Howe dos. Tine and aga we me Howe ‘ove between dinted aad acndeected tiling and, conte, tb ht Stcing betvoen them ~ of dtacing himself om he often “dcul ‘nd exusting’ Jang 1911-12195 pur. 20) process of lial deduction ‘at enables House's epiphany ofthe corectdagnoss. Hous’ capacity to realiz and ode his bon-irected thoughts makes im the puis tat Be ‘And House sxe to be avare of hi fo be prociainsanaeteprit iperatne of procial reason: "Work soar. not bard: tats my pics ‘phy’ (Deception, 2: 03; det Yeur age, 3:19), which i suppor by his ‘ad imperative: “Read kg watch more television’ (Cont, 1214). Indeed, when bis cams dewonstat ir igsorence of Us el a by asking him ote off the levision and turn his dio tonon fo he roblemati diagnosis, Howe oveuls thi, saying that Ts mult-asking (Go More ir See Gy, #13), “Work smart not ha "loaf about In paral o Jungs notions of srt and non-drsed “rea thinking, Guy Chaton deserts he hare bras! and oroise mig! (397. Caton ‘ges that itligens sad the expat to solve probes eras when "atonal ought (de hare bra) © more seadly abandoned to allw the ‘uconsclous (Ue tortabe mid to dk for us, Caxton wrt Ue i somtimes = good iden to pl off the Tnfommaion Super Highway into the lfoemation Super Lay-By, to stop casing aher tow dit and beter solutions and to eet fra wile sm Unes moceieligent to bees bus =» thre ae medial places one ‘an gla ees to by Toufag Which ave ianosuble To earns, pu psf cognition 9st 14 1a an etho of Claton's words, Hosse himself says ofthe crave poten of noaditeed thinking T's apoter way of thinking abou thes. e's opp. is undies ot very ina, bu it complements in (and) <4tes ioe dowa avenues [would tdiary ao dowof (or Cane, 5:2). ‘Clsxon maintains hat ‘fen our bes, mest ingenious ideas do at arive sures of faults chains of reasoning. "They "oecr tous". They "pop {roo heads” Tey some oto he iid: ) They ac, Howe's sore, epiphaies “The sneeotal evidence for uch ntl and creative enlightenment is sbundaat and of astounding: Chat ces an aay of stovcl gues ‘who ate regatded at cons of ceatiity and wisdom, and yeti atalty “Speot much of thsi tme doing nothing” (bi). Thus, Inpieton sou bay 84 ‘on. Even tut paragon of penevatng insight Shock Holes (on ‘whom Dr Gregory House is modeled) is desoed by his eater a5 Catering a metacve stat with dreamy vacant expresin in is ee (iat) “To these Sues we can add many mor, inching Aumast Ket, he emise who apparently dicovered de molecular suctue of bezzne Uirough 3 dreamake vison, We mathanatican Hen Poca, Wi Vsoulaad th Fushian funcGousdusog caflelneinduced sep, Glscppe “Tati, who eppareaty deat of the devi playing the most bea violin sore, whic formed the basis of Tarai technically demanding ‘olin sotta in G miner; Otto Loew, the pharmscologist who deat 23 ‘xperiment that would prove nerve ipl are tensed ehemcaly ad no lesa, and 30 on, “The dorman period that flows the abandoment of foci, dred ‘inking abou problem aad wich precede the spostancous relation (of is salut i often reared toi cog psychology as nsubaton’ (Gee Walas 1926), Te role and etets of incubation for prblen sling Ins ben examined widely, and empirical evidence Genonsrates that ib most eases a petiod of incubation enables succesful probe sing Srvrl explnatons have bon given for thi For asa i ought tat incubation facia he atari leat of rental ox pis fatigue that ascamulass during the more strenuous clots af problem sling ~ cfr dat Jung aescated with dstd thinking (1911-12952 para, 1; tn tis sonar, ‘Uodeying knowledge structures might remain ox stant, bot the procsing capacity avaiable to dal withthe problem aight increase as the ftgne dsppeats (Yaniv and Meyer 1987; 202) Toe Ione eflea of period of datacon frm the problem theire ‘ens from the disruption of non-prodacive consis thought rater ‘han active unconsious proces Te ther words suc Uzacton coco 1g one to abandon intppropate approach othe peblea: [Phopleoten approach «problem with wrong cus, soos hewis, andlor wrong information Folowing « period of disvaction, such ‘wrong epproncsbecone ls aousable are forgotten altoethe. (Bas ea. 207115) (Gust at Wilton ene to Howie: "Now you've dintaced me I think I might ‘hange ymin” [Savors 2p, Homey 95 sll are the incubation evo for House ivaves ach aoe than a snp Ye lok’ alternative House does not beet em distraction siply beset ueropts is ‘inguied eonsous thought and tsloses pee ener to allow fr 8£2nsprioneough bray ew, uabised orien to the peobles. When House to use Claxton’ ‘crm, lola’ about and dstractng hinul rom the dingsos problem, e's aot morly dicing his conscious ateaion to someting be tha ‘tadvetety cts his mtd oe tat erases or negates tho eu of hit previous efforts ofgue out the dignoss with dete thinking, Rather, House coiaes to think about the pric within this ieabatory period ‘nde continos fo ink aneansinaalythroea hi eeviowsdadactone “Thus, when House plas his vdeo games, watches baoal programs on Isles, plays pans on Wisoo and Caddy, reads comic books while ‘ting Tune Stag Wh coma pate, abso on, hei est ey ‘gaze in an unconscious ate to save his case. For iis trough is preoesupation wilh sbchapparety val activ that Hous is abe fo ‘euch hinsel from the Hifedheatening problem pose end comequets, isrmoce ike to cscover the souphtafee solution. By engapng thee ‘ind fatty Hose noes "ml asking” hela or i isd bry tencng fo the problem ins incabntion, tying ete cut the newer that erste thinking eelé not Not only does House’ unconscious tisk, but its thoushs often prove to be more productive than thae be tks eons How to have an epiphany ‘No wonder ou de sth noun digo, You doa en ast {o sualy knw sng to Seu et Whats wrong (io, Pas 1 ‘The wivial activites with which louse engages are intepral to he rebaton| this epiphanies, ad tus als ois gents To eal ther vi, sty ‘pening. appropriate, for they Tatts the incubation of profound ‘ving dingnoxes, When Hous louh about, he is not doiag noting. Like ts the ination ped hat ges de fo he epi ofthe soluson Tout not a patve vaevuma of noo-etvg House's epihanis 60 ‘ot realy emerge out a he be or ia oation fom previous conscious tempts ta dover them. Rathe, the incubation period is ery one interdependent stage among others a he development of ceative out, ‘nd House's epiphaais area complcted product of this devdopmecta oss ‘Gam Walls in his semioal work The Art of Thought (1926) over « fourstage developmental model of erative thinking. which ca be raced {leary within the thet roses ovale by House's eho. The ee Sag is preparsbon” This guest to eet thinking, where House "tempi to anesthe problem wit opal deduction. Whea tis atempt fal the second stage Gomes into play. This isthe ocuhston pend’, Ingpraonerout nay 82 where we ad Hous hs abandoned his crc tiaing about the prob- ‘em and is now engage in ‘oaing' active, The eubation pod is Aitiout vo enforce Gikewse, non-dsted thinking cannot be consiosly tiled), ae i omirs afer the Finitatons of eroaed thinking hve been ‘raked. Blls makes the following poiot when writing about Poincaté’s SShoovery af material Fea fenton [Nor woul he have achieved his beattroogh if he ad not teat his ignorance, which T Henin the psychoaalye station to the ‘ape f eeratenot knowing what ons dingo that uno=ainy Tomes a uel entre ote private work of e eepsve proces ‘0932: 77) ‘The neubation prio is an active tne forthe unconscious ast revs the eas that nee rein by ete tiklagin the sage, Later hal oth explain and ilutrate how How's woconour docs thi i it tendeney to searcage his diecied thoughts rong the seu-work” rose of condensation’ and ‘spleen But fr now we sed ely {o note tat Hous inspize epiphanies are he produ of his unconscious retigcing of cireted thoughts. The epiphany compris the tid sage of| ‘Walla’ mods to whic he ives he name ilmnation. Thi stage marks ‘he mement when the crete thowah (uch asthe diagnose lon) ‘tas conscious, Ts oocurs when che psn sll engaged ia di Ueing stviy and thereby less intueted by te judges of ego- ‘eonsciousness and more reepive to unconscious communication. The fourth and al stages "erfetion, which involves the re-mploynent of deed thinking i onder to test end corroborate the vl of the “ipbany. The procs deeribed by Wallis sppreat in Howse’ behavior and an te traced in hose codes where be aie this dngnsis a if out of the ‘oe. atl ovine several insanoe ltr, bt for now let ws lok atone from the episode Meaning (3:1). ese we find Hous: tying to aserain ‘vy surgery fora bran oor has let a patent prayed for eight years ‘omcommaniatie tad confined to a motorized wean The pant fppens to tempt eid by iteatonally diving his whechar ito 0 Svmming pel. House and his team open their ivesigaton by ting to Geemine what, if anything, ther doctors bave failed to find over the ye05. They gic no answec. This iestigaory pres consis the "prearaony” sage of Walla’y model Following exogstion a hele (Grave at an ansver, Howe embarks on a loaing acs, which ‘iuprinathe scond stage of the eretie proce: te incubation period ‘Thos we on Ketaniae eatment to eluate te pan and weaknes in bis eg. Hous goes fr along, sweaty ruz. He jumps nto a wate ourain to cool himself down, ad His at this moment lathe a his epiphany4 napration von banal (stage thre: lumination}. He reals his pint hus hypothalamic de Teguatlon, whi sto ay he tunable co ep his body temperate, {td coneeqenty be sought the water ofthe pool not to Ewe butt cool himself dow. A malfunctioning hypodialamus can ead 1a varity of ‘ther problens, and House suspects tat isthe cause of is pain’ parelyss. Hosse thn seks to Work with hs teem Wo comoborate hi ‘sired iagaosis by sesanning ls patient's head and repeating ei) ‘Sod text the pint Bas ever ht.” This farther inssiation cones the fourth stage verieation a aditon to Wall's susdrparte model, How's rate thinking procs eal an addon ~ any arguably more interesting ~ pattern, [Rod hs the iatate connection betwen ges tno aad thes between ‘he ineubaon period aod the moment of umistion or pips. Ths, inthe example above we find tat the foaing activity ~ of jumping to he ‘hol fountain water i analogs to the soon tothe prose tht is Sought and ic the coment of ths stag) That igges the epi. 9 oiler words, House's unconscious employs mechani of aszocation fo conmanicate ts work (Le. the eiguing of House's diced hous) 0 onicious awareness We sll etamine these meshanine of aciaton Inter fo expound onthe oe im Howe's nspired thinking. Toute epiphanies area riping o his conscious deductions, which ments ts enmccetl step ose the problem with dred thinking tre teal to the reazaton ofthe comet solution. Hoth deed and ‘on-dveced thinking az essen oth elation ofthe epphes. THth, ‘though the Enon of dactad taking nad oe esoged i 20° ‘Grctd thinking so be enabiod it only trough detedwisking thal the productive ides of nondiacted thinking ean. be scknowadpe Poincaré expresses thei inecdopendence When he ins of noticed thinking: "eis pele and ofa ceaity i sony fruit fit on the ‘he band preaded and on the other followed by a period of concious wore" (91529, House's astonishingly rapid incubation period House i exzaordauly profseat i procesing ecutive oughta. Most sstonshing is hs expat to auvgate apd though the incubation esi. Afgably, House's guius in probam sang ids nt so much in his impressive inlet and ves aco of medal knowlege, bite tis capacity to ature woconscows thinking and allow is non-rerted ‘ooghs to reveal themselves fo eonieiousess atthe it tine. Th oter ‘or hi pasty for ected inking makes his 4 eet oor, it ity to tolerate uncertainty apd to enable is unconscious to ik for 2m takes House a gelus And his uncoacious hak for House ata slamningly fast pace. Inspiron erueh bamley_ 85 Howse is often cia for being formule in stucare. We can roe einer to the fling formula patient wis unusual Saptons foes onder How’ care: Hoos’ ears bak int the patio’ hows 1 ‘incover eles tht bolp wil the dire diagnoses of the ines; the aie symptoms become mysteoulyagqrevated an ~ often consngent Perea oscus hat leads Howse to discover the comet agnosis the plats cred, Ia those eodze where House has an epphany, it sal Sects appeosimately 3438 minutes ato the 40-#3-mnuteepode. The Iori of hee episodes ce therefore ken up Wilh agus one and two of Wats’ mods of creative thinking. In other word, the event in the tpisde conse te ineubaton ofthe steel dingo the it ad ‘teat ofthe plot ae ingredient for Hous uacossons play and compete ‘composte of asceutionr tht lead Howse to dicover the biden ‘lagaosis, Locly for House, his unoonscions works iced quickly 10 retin hr rational dtbertons aod to prose ts feaguration of his Tae! on f and oto the objets at surround hi (hereby animating thom in sch way that House aot al to be dan them abd eer 50 aly discover te Iatnt,asocatve mensing) The rapt with which ‘Hows abet aroest his non directed thong ha st oth solve the problem uncooscouiy and then have hit unconscious convey the vlan aoc way hat i xo be decoded nay by Hoses emscous mad) tonshing. Bat sit impSnasblet ‘Of enue we cannot answer hi dfaely, at we cannot epply time frames tote slempoal urconsious, and We cant therfore edt the lkehood ofan epipbany’s oxcuence (et of course, witha he For sali eal of Howe). Howes, tees evience to sugges the pla. bit of Hout’ super aficent incution prod Inde eve Diss sd Meus (206) ~ wo maintain tht the unconstioas cam be measzed = ae found epiphanies (or wha he cal etek momma) eal est fin! to monitor on the tas that, (he period of incubation experimental parcpats ae ginea in ab experiment i oflen vr) short compared fo el ifecretiy. Aer al, Somos cet can ake months of even year (vids 136) Furthermore, thae is compaling evden to suguest a diet eortion ‘tween he length ofthe incubation period and sues pre sling swith a grater ebioce of sees appenig after a longer ineabaion Jetiod" I we wore to examine Hoose's remarkable susnss a problen folving alongside the eidens gathered rom other tst cass, We WoUls ‘xc the lng of inebaonfequied for im to oan is sats to be onmsiderably longer ~ months or Jes lager ~ chan te average eth of time he himself took. As Bollas notes:“The uneonsisply work tata subject devotes to any tof ese “ero neuen antral crgaizaon rived from abd devoted to seh efor A sens working oa seat task, for example ys ‘vith many ideas; years may pass Before he bas an inspire cha ‘emis an portant dacoery 0992:19) However, the evidence to sigs the impiausity of House's short incubaton panods isles compeling when we appeal to House's strong ‘soupy fhe uncoaseiouscommoicasonseeeraly. thong 1s We ave nood, Home i consciously restant to tatonl soures of infor rion, he ctables Bis unsonsscus to thik for him with relate eat. Indeed if we acept Jung's asetion that consciowsnes ad the uncon ‘ios ae saued by compensation, Hous’s conscious ressance (0 non fatal soars makes hi particule’ sucepble to being ‘ambascoded by the (19S para, 6) and avieg them take conceal af his mind to ser the wy he thinks. Indeed, as we wits the couse f seasons thre to fre, Houses anconslons becomes lncseasiog areal nit apacty 0 ‘ile on belt of his epoconsiousnes. Thu, te season thee we find Howse a recipient of propbeic and uid dreams, io which he bot esas the deny of he tune patet andthe coded agnosis of i pten’s ion (Top Secret, 316), Then in seton Sv, we ae the uBconscous takeover Howe's thinking in more staring ways, Tus ts Howe Died (6:22), we ind House conversing with «persons of is spt personality he alonatory gare of Amber, Wion's teat derasd glenda 2 ‘det of Hous, over whore death Heuse sents to harbor guilty fsa ‘Tie posses compler recalls wil ease Tats House's epo-corscouses had oterwiteforgtien and makes decisions contrary to Howe's exo jdement Hug 1948: pers 203). Amer, af» pesoniton of House's {ufonemous wacoicous spears fo havea more else itllgeace and {peatr reser of knowledge at her daposal than Bis famliar «p> Gomeioususe Amber fe the tinker of House's uathoug thoughts, and the peonifcation of his non-ied thinking processes. Sbe bel ‘mot rationale how she tas: whee se amps fo do so she sys is Sst a gimmer, I oulé't put Kimo words” Abe's pence doesnot iin, snd y the en of son fe te unconscious evertes House's ‘go-orentaton mort completly by istigstingpsjeoteepsodes fom ‘thick Tose seks vl by cocking hse int the loa snatocum. "The alec presnce of Amber shin House's mind leads to the ‘hough tht Hove's rapid icabation periods are nt as plausible sone ‘git fst hae bought Te foresflaes with which House's uneoossous ‘hiss on Beal of his persona obscure the dividing ine betmee hi ‘tans and his penis For Hous, the unconscious caput to thik i ‘he source of bots his lspration and his mental breakdowa. Inspiron rough amlty_87 House, master of condensation, or ‘the guy who sees connections between everything’ (Wilson, No Reason, 24) Wie have so far outned the geal developmental proses trough which House ves his epiphanies. Lt us now tn t speci examples of House's epipaies fo dosonstrac them acording to thi process. We wl focus on the inubation pecod, i elucidte those zncopsious Frooses that enable the nome of epipsny. ‘We have already not that Hou’ epiphania ae out of his uncom seis capacity oat hough the mss of Enowlngs and deed thoghis hath has aocamlated ad to rearrange rap and in accordance with ‘soca pate that elude the jadgnent of te rational eo, We have Sho mentioned tht Home's encooows tend to rearrange his drcted ‘hougts trough the ream. work” procedures of condensin” and ‘is Placement. Now we shall tun our areton to these poceducs of asc fon to explain exactly how House's unconscious enpioys hem 9 reordee his deed thoughts abou he problemate Gagnoss and to communica i solution to ego-conssousness in the foam of epi. Condensation and ai Hoous’s unconsou is partiulay mate in is employment of onder sation and displacement, wich is nowhere biter shared by Houses Inspired moments of epiphany. For Hoos’ epiphanies are iar that Inve been refusbioned aad romaldal acsording to these suchas of Tong decribed condensation a the underlying dysamic of on-dieted| ‘hinking en bo ote hat he unconscious pls mage on mg, eling on feng, and sbuMes hngs about abd arrange hey not as they rein ety bu as we woul ke ther o be (1911-12195 para. 19). Ta fonder to teter andetand condensation and dipiement, However, We ‘would do well to tn from Jang to read “According to Freud (190, the deem “the soy toad to the waco: signe, and ic trough an evarenest tad examination of to illest ISpoct ofthe dreams cowstrucion ~ which, callcvely compre the “Sroam-work’ = that weae abe wo ietrpet ore eestvay the mening cf the dear, Ths, onder to make better enc of Howe's dream thoughts = ‘of wich is epipanis comprise ~ we would Jo well 0 begin th a ‘uainaton ofthe drem-work that underpins ‘AL ihis point itis import fo eps that we ae not hee concer ‘withthe teaning of the pariaae ‘dreams that House bas wen be {Sep sich at lhe prophouse dream mauionod above ~ ate, we ale ‘concroed with the geacral“dcamlkc” prowess that underis his non .cement in dream thinking{8 Insprclon trough banaiy ‘deeted oughts and sociale hinking” According to Freud, the dream ‘Sotprns#cstoton of realy tough our dierent nconscius ream work procses condenution, dapliceet,reprentation and sjubo Thm. OF tare, Iam concerned with the fis two, Thus, condesaion ‘ators reat and thas reorders directed hous) by mecsngtopetee 3 umber of astocted ieve and feelings to ane condensed mage. Co0- ‘Gnstion explains Why dreams ‘ate be, meager apd leone in compa Swit the rane ond wel" of meanings tha are coneeig wih it aative (bid: 389). Displacement. onthe otet and, ston realty by feplcing one idea With another which in tome way scowl asocited tnt By he proces tie motions slgileation of te ea bjt of sea ‘spas fiom i and fe ataced to diflerent, unexpected one. Co lnecion form of lpicement la 50 Tr “stead of vo ele UMsctvely exchanging pss, "a sioule commen cement intemediate Setmeen them is found (Bid 454) ‘cording to Willa Janes, the underying consectons tht inform soeral aseintnethiking ~ and thus tose aociative comtecsons of ‘Sdenstion sod dsplacement~ ne empinesl conc, ot abszacons (Ghd in Jung 1911-10195 par. 8). They sre threo gleaned fom ove (Sservitions aad experiences, and ae fom aon deduction.” Amt Sngly, Willa James frber note tbat associate inking is "a sor of Sponarsoussevelry of which sams Hklycaoagh that he higher rates ‘hold be capable (bs). And De Gregory House andoubielyexrphies fch a ‘higher brle? For House demonstrates wih great consistency the fealzation of priticl and theoreti tas trough the colon and reshuling of emprial cones. ‘Gnoe we art srae ofthe soon of the core élapnsis reese 10 House ais epihany, we are seo trace Ue pus ofeseitons = the Condenetions abd dhplacaonts that his unconscious tind probly ook toenabie easton These paths of tought develop dung thse {erode of losing ebout; when Howe i not ting to conoptaliz the ‘Bgl through deed thinking. Ths we ey stetion to the subplots and te apparently superivousoccurteacs mtn relevant ‘pods of House ~ and parca 10 the appareally mindless cover= ‘Sons and trv sci 1o whieh House eran ~ we nde dag ‘ous that Hose vs n condensed and spaced form. Lt ws now ta Lo ‘peste examples for ilsirations Examples of House's condensed thinking Howse aves at bis ispced diagnosis by engaging with those obits sithin fs ity tat goavey the identity of the dingo though de ‘Seecaie meaning foi Thi meaning i eoveyed to House though 2 ‘Janiety of mediums, inclading visual images, tactile sensation, and ~ 23 Inpieton teow bry #9 Freud inl ay wall have prodied (1900 403-13 — through word ‘ly ia conversation ith thes. (a seven Wo fad the patterns of asiocition vary in comple. Thay smay Tor insane be Ete) short, so at 2 vig glimpse ofa image |S enough to tigre the identity of the dagnoss. Tas is exemple) 2 Ijormed Content (: 3} where Hous watches fiatous daughter of tient walk pst, whow ro Gong atrats Howe's atenton a merely forthe obvious coasous appeal tom. but for pertanoe of te sscocatie meaning tothe dighoss that has ben ineabatog within hi. ‘Toe rd thong eapuvtes Hons an tga te epiplany of the dingnoss “Congo Red” (A dye, which i slate of amylooss). To ths FForanan relic, ‘How the bell did sow pull that ost of sour mind” ‘Notout of mine” House says," ad amore” Another example ofa Wsual scimuhs providing an spparey bab associate lak aries courtesy ef the rich of House's handyman. Thus, ip Pals (5:12), We find House captivated by the ight of fis bandymun, who gras and scratches Bs ‘rote Yo within ths nal etion House Binds th wesceative Int he profound diagnosis by draving atentin to hs crotch, the handy ‘oabies Howse ( ale hat hiv ptien ishing epleptic seizures i he ‘Scovory atea ofthe brain tht controls moscalar support of the ttle, Further amples wher Howe's epiphanies spear to res rom ined ‘te avoditiont made to eter simul tude the Haw ho watched ‘wresing on ehaision and susequectleealizdtat his patent hasan “out (oF his head bormose-agusssive” problem (er Your ye, 5-19) apd the ‘scram Hotes eal o the tale senston of coving ater, wich od lose to rain that his paint wan sable to repulse Bs own Body temperature (Meaning, 30) “There ae, ike cccsios whee te realitin ofthe dignods takes seltely longer. For lustance, where Houses anableon Bis et ate to ‘cagage wih he asciatve meaning resend to hm, ba able to see fvccsive promptings Tht i astute in How's Hoad (8 15) when ous is desperate to recall the ety ofthe person be was wih in a Bus rath, His onconcoat cojures up hallucation of @ woman whom Several tier ake House “Who am I? “What does my necklace” ‘Woes Huse notice it fe made of arb, be els the person be sc ‘Are. Sindy, in Linr inthe Sand (2 4 we Bs he dings ‘worm parasite shimming ie the young patient ej, contactad fom hs ‘Sadpit~ implied thoughout the episode in various images. Thus before “Hous els the dagnosis yon otsrvig the pats ravings of way, ‘work’ fine, we vice see Hove den way ies in Wilon'and Piste: me also Gd House siting in ont of sonpicaows srt wer Featare ~ where wate: moves in wavy sipples an Hoose makes the Pertinent commento hit slfqrolsmed me hee ih te Conair Ref thongs). ‘Here’s looking a you ki.”“The realisation ofthe dlagnosis can algo take longer whe the nied thouehtenploysayerie of ncitons fore expresion. A goed example [bin The Greater Good (8 a) wher Hous’ epiphany fellows a tainof| eciations within convertion wath Cuddy. The associative inks i his ‘hamplr are more complex than thos aleady noted pally because Howse fas a complicated peroal intesapent in the person of Cuddy. Cody ‘prec t House's petal ove intrest. She therefore evokes ni 2 Clhnpex network of asocnted thoughts and fangs. By the tne of thi ‘pnode Caddy and Hoot ze evar of yet resistnt other groving mut ‘scion Coddy’s confused fing for House ~ ander indecision a 10 ‘thetbe to retora fo work fll Sine or stay at home to eare for her opto) thy causes Cady to ake ovt ber station on House. When Cuddy INtmpis inet to-apologie to House they strike wp 0 pariuary crass ‘onveition that eds fo Hote’ epiphany. The ease tht Howse hs ben Strain to dagnow i female patent who conta less frm ung isin and rom within tne ereartinal soe (which compress her het ed prevent fm beating core). Ta is convertion with Cody, Howse ‘hues her poly: ‘Are we gona hae todo this dance again in 28 days” Cds responds angry: What the Hell roa with you House rei: ‘eotecday you bates, Today yore practical weeping on my shoo. can only asue that bat Im bearing your Aunt Flow ling me ose then wits momentary to have his epiohany. 1 is Hook’ Apparently anal end offmand PMT jibe at Cody tha recast him he onetdhagnocs Aunt Flow indeed ling House the ans, fo ti ‘poment House relies hi patient bledag Deavly beause she i {crstoting, amt he ‘ow Is aggravate by etopo endomstois, House ‘Soman thin in aoa tern, thou paps more connuly a thistine for in exponse o Coddys next semark, Wen | was being a you socal ct human, bt when Tact husan, you tr back nt ae Fase eons the menstrual analogy ad sys ‘Guess our cles sre Imad up yet’ Thi roma comments suagestve of Hows’ dete For Cul an is potetal ‘nate wp mith er. Furternere, impli a full proses where Hows’ conitiom is eed with hs patents a oh easts the entra) oy’ refers fo a compresed hear hat i unable fo bet const. ‘Why House needs others to think for him “Tye ut gen you the ase, ses” (bes, Jo, 8.6 1 will ao contin o desonsrut those epiphanies of House that appear {o be trigaerod in bis conversation with others. T shall do so in ordsr Insiraontroug bral #8 to expound the integra oe other people ply in House's eet think- {ag prose, and abot explin why How's genius ie velan! on the boat of oes "As me have sen, House's engagumen with uit and banal activites provides the ncaa for bis restive thinking oa problema gnoses joue's unconscious, I bae chimed, fin tints fr him and relies the court diagnose trough is noneieteé orssociatie thnking The ‘cul tv bjs in Howe's environment ae sted according to tei asocition to the anrwer~ and animated by House's unconscions projesione onto end into them so tat those external cues tht Wine Flows’ opipsin of thought are given alfe by the conscious ale, ‘Crrtopter Bolla’ sions of the evocative and aleatory obec ae particulary wef to ut for shcksing the mporanse of eh people Iwthin thr creative thinking proces of Hou’, and especialy of those ‘nic patents who embody the shadow-apects Of Houses gels. Let us ‘ow explain how ‘ollas develops Wincott’ concept ofthe “ase of ab jet to give an account of non-iretd thinking Irom az objewecatons perspective. He Seges tha {Ofer ecsoenter, engagement with and sometimes our employment of ‘seta ings 2 way of thinking we sls bjs bene we ae Tncenciously gracing Sedig food for thought tat only reese: tively could be soe to havea lope» »ther we sre pase Ta thovght by oboe anving or wo sok bias wo se thm a foras of thinking ister to wll hat sh extent engagerens area Ye) ‘Sieren form of thing fom hat of ogni hou ‘e008: 92-3) ‘Whee Hous slots other poop ors slated by them is not appre. ‘What clear however s that Hose uaconscivsy enploy fhe people to ‘Soke thou kes that cant be aceainel trough ected ‘hinking Tod one comsentator of Boles wits, ‘Usconions hinkng ily ‘euie the faclttng eens of shes who make sable to us what ‘woul therib be untae’ (Beck 20213) todd by using others to ‘Wink, House i psychologcaly fasgg withthe eter ‘an intimate endevou’ (Bolan 1987.3) he maintains "dep subacute apport wih {he objet (bid: 2 that he aa we to inebate aa dndcovered puto inset Hoss most terafre ose hime” in his projective seniation ‘wih theoet in erdr toll iwo wagsform hm and Frash hin witha row perpotve. Thus, fr fom not nesding other peep to el hia with ‘he dagnoses, aa il Winters asses, ne fné Hote sceinglntnate ‘inaeeon with ters 0 oable i oink, to become tho gels of &“_Insracon tout baay ‘iagnostician that he i. Bolas summarises such seeking and ned to think trough the ober das pero poste «par of Rims ito the objet, thus paychily Sonne This ier he objet manning comveting tino aol for possible tough the thinking at is pec the dream tate. To do This howeser th stjct must ‘Tos ise moments expense wha he projects meaning into objet, a ype of ert aio that mst etunconscons aides in which the pero i ot being, a8 were. ‘thous adee, be abst tea rather Senplied conscsne, veo ‘tof touch with Kime for x moment, inorder to invest the See told wth phic potential Viewed this wa, hs eye of projective FGoniation i ultimstely i enbasing, tesforming material things inin pec objet, and this forashing an unconscious msi for ‘dss anaes, and deeper rete Knowing, 99: 2-3) “This epic wll to what Howse dock. Those moments where Howse wit raws momentary fom fi eomaious act before the epiphany seus Fwtrate well Boll's description of the moment of projective enter ‘Son when Hons engages wih thos objets into Wich be as projted ‘he uosoniioos tough, apd reals the asorlatve meanings (1 Bs Agnostic soliton) hat ae Ttet win them, "The evocative obj asin the rasfonmation of House fom knowl edged Gusnotcan to inspired genus Ta the sitions above we ‘hat House oceasiomaly projets aspect of himself nto objets other han ‘rool (a asthe ed thong, fountain water, and sand). Howser, is 0 Eiscowresaions wit people petal toes of banal nature chat w= fd partuaty neh pickings Tor the aaconsous dream marae tat House creates fo facitate hs transformation Ta he fllowng section T builine several dhustratns of what arguably the favoured medium of| Sheeting of Howe's snconsous: the bora conversation. Constructing genlus through banal conversation ‘Te majority of House’ eiphanies appear tobe wigered by condensed td dspace patterns of ssenciation that ae so is conversation with ‘ters = asa with Wilson and Cady hive eae ocason whee Hows’ epiphany foowsa convertion sith Wilson" Thos, fo Domed f You Do (3), House coma his Date 2 young woman who lve a wld ie before baoming «mun ~ is ads severe slr reat, but be cannot ascrisin what abe arp ‘When Wilton as him how the case is going, House replies. She has God Inspiron rough taeliy_ 93 insider, 1 wouldve ben easier to dea wth a mor” Wilon repos ‘any Mapbe she’ lege to God an walks of. Howse appear a Base 4 (some subdued) epptany op the bas of the condensed mening of Ii comment merged vith Walon’ (that to sa) that she is allergic to fonnething to Ged nsdn, Consent oe ole is tam to 10k {ran allegicreaction wha te patieaA CT scan subsequently eves an (ld copper ssr-terin dv (a eontacepsive) in the shape af # crs, 10 ‘whch transis, he patent aller Tn Having (7, Hous’s epiphany oceus during an inreasney ‘one converston wih Wilon whee tre subjects he conversation Slows’ pt rat, call Stove McQueen, hie pan! ad the pees father ~ become conden into oe. In responds to Walon’ stay with Huse fr binging sfc sta work, Hous ss, His net is Sot cnatgious to humans? Huse and Wisoo val they talk and they us the father of Howse’ patent sting ons te room of his Sek son “Thos talk by about the patent before Wilton eonjecteren "Who knows what cla Re mit have: partes, ctrl ifeton’ Hose responds "he Kt doen't have partes’ Wilson repos "Notte Hd het" AL is point am epiay appears to by davang on Howse. House asks Wilnow "Was he tll sweating?” To which Wisoo responds Rats only ea throu thir als House 233" Not the rt tbe dad” House then rhea fto asl or a soment and has hit epphany, Walling Dek tothe pee’ roo, Hoste ash "Where ae they fom” Won sa", ‘Montana, Why? Hoe repond: “You were sa parte Cancel ths biopy i wil il en read notes thatthe construction of collate aad compost gue it ‘one of the che methods by which condensaon operate ia deans and ths aio i “dream-hng (1900400) And, in addin othe example love, we can ete another convertion about compote Ment th foal Hous’ epptany. Tas ine the condensation is merger of Wikon': {esings towards hs ehizoprenc brother, Danny, aad the symptoms of Puss: atest. Ths, i The Social Conract (5; 17) Wilson reveals to “louse bat be is sil racked with guilt over his nest of Danny and _Danty’seabsoquent compulsion to un aay Crow bore wldhout his ed tion Howe responds acy "Talz about an oreo to 2 sigle ent” Was retort was prety big event!" House insenshively aoe: “OF sours he (Danny) overmcted eo, bul." At thie poiat House sithraws from te coaveraton as is epipiany emerges. Hesays quit "Yr glucose was soem” Wiboa rsponds: "We're aot talkiogabevt my ‘thor anymore are we? When desbng th pater ness House ater ys hus Doege-Potr Syndrome, The whol hing on overeacton ‘hat ove soul roma fy is benign, His body i acting Uke is an fnvader Hi antibod ent fo War agate thy gor eared aay ab“Toe lat istration 1 will dente from House's conversations with Wilbon is pehape te tort musing, ar Howse & denied ~ through {Ssectios made by hi unconedios ~ eo be pend paras worm. Thus in uente (18) House sls Wioo's sapdb. Tn respocse Win {sis Do you gtsome prev thr ovo beating the er unter to the food Atti point Hose reais fis patent has a 25fot paras worm Feeling er within er put. Te other eight examples apes nl Ie {@: 17: Howe v8 God 18); Resignation (22; Alone (1: Yu Dow's Want to Know 8} Joy (Una (19 aod Saviors 21) We have aready decited an eppbany that oceurs in conversation with ‘caddy, There are two fariee examples, which took revolve around tates! The in Cane and Able (2) Howe basses Cu fo ng to hin by neetending to tlk her saborn ch inside her wos: “Oh your nummy is in such toa, She i such Las. That's why you dont have 2 ‘Endy That's why she had to.° ase his epiphany ad realizes that bs paientisa chines ~ eis wo,cts of DNA. Hes wo persons in one un his brother desing him with alleintons, andi proerly ike {bal dovble? partner who just takes ap space and gts inthe was” In Be Baby (S13) Hoa vomscomsflly deduces a diagnos hugh sired hiking as we nd him late tight Douning his bal whe sing ths wteboard, before Cay appears with he Baby. When te Baby “omits on Houses pest, Cac laughs, and Home ast: Some peepe [ave evlied o find baby puke ate Cor there we il "eal before they became uncial’ House enh his epiphany and sys, ‘Bonding i vc. Ive gota go sce another iby” The dlagooss is reveled to Hoe Through verblintion of he hea o bubs who ae not yet ational, Tor Hose rels that hit patients problems aze doe to he dysfunctional ‘uot arterieas (a shont that enables he Blood ofthe fetus to Bypass the hugs) wich ed nt close prope afte bth, 1 addition tothe six epiphanies House has in conversations with tine patonts which 1 teat sopactely Betow = threo cap be discerned in Souverations he has with thes ieloding a young gl in the cantons {ery Lite Cet, 3 10)"; Leas, the pete detective Howse his tovspy om bis cobeaguce (Not Cone, 52) and Cameron (The fc, $7). ‘he nex scion expnn the pares sigaieance ofthe boring line patient for House's assointve ting proces, in ordet to conte both Flowse's attastion to and his need for tis shadow personality inthe resation of it genio, House's aleatory objects: The genius's need for boring people For Bliss objects evoke preter avarenss of sl they ‘lease us ‘no intonse inner experiencings which somehow emphasize us. if us into Inopiraon rough banaley 98 some uterance of elf avaible for deep knowing (19% 29, Like Hou, Bolla deeribes this noment of night aan epiphany” (008503 andar ‘spre’ (198731) that fens "eens (1992: 5), and which ‘sponors@ ‘Sap conviction that suchas occasion sus suey be sla fr ur (187 5)" And such moments need tobe surprising i they are fo evoke a new Tinsight cannot be antipated or desed (Groen, 202.7; Bolas, 192: 37 20:93, In Jungian psychology thee i, aguas, nothing fet to be more surpsing than te iooy of Becoming enlightened by engaging with ones Inferior shadow tai and has ing ight im the stow (93: pua. 872 {415K para 35). T have argued throughout this chapter that Hease's paphaniy are hora ional from out of te ev lala see to ‘Mich bes unconsciously dawn. Now, we see how House's gels is k= tre feclitatd hy ie enone wth thos idiot clmic patients, ho Inhabit the el hoase of Hows shadow. The most rps woe of ineigence fr Hoss elo the most aay the Banal conventions of those peele who have no inteing ills to dingrow. Tie bone’ cic is both the Gungia) shadow to Howe's gents ad House's (Bolin) leroy eject Oa bots counts, House's engagement wi he beiag ce ent Chablis iat and elFvansormtion. “Tine and again wend House complin that various things ae born ‘Yet hee are also tines when Houses eeptie to te create pteatal of boredom. Thus, in Bicbmarks (4) we lec that if House “hada't been ‘bored one wkend” then hs enship with Wi "would ext Is ‘alosplical diacoure boredom ia often bec rpardd a 4 preegaie for ereatity. Furhomore, as Heideger contends, profound bores ‘evels baby and subsequently allows one to open up to ones and to ‘gasp on's posses for being (9291950, Arguably Hous’: ancon- ‘ious comes cove to tatrating Heidegger's notion ab ads. witin ‘Sovng pict sod banal n genera tne nace to ie he pfuniy ‘ofthe sohtaiter tra (and, 8 Wion raintans, “Howe's aanotel Vek ho be ‘org le pacts do ot tt House's ducted thinking, bu they ae food for thought for hls noardecedthkng, While thy thaselex have nothing intresting to bo daguosed, thoy ote sugit the digaoss Tor House's more ‘ateesting’ problematic ass. Let us now ead ts caper ‘with examples dat demonsate the power of the boring ene patent to Tactate Hows gris, Fins lustrations: Inspiration through boredom ‘As the scatoas of Howe progees we find House les involved with on Seren ile duty. Consequently, the cine putea medium for Howe's phan in the iat te veasons only Inthe allowing five sesaaios the96 speion shrug banat ‘ssocatne ik betwees cline patiot and problematic dlagoss seams ‘dadglycbvious and requires minima decoding by How's consciousness. Tn the fiat to epaodes of season one, House reales invalabl infor. mation forthe diagnoses of his problema cues when he bets his ‘dione cnc patente Ths fo Pr (1, Wale repeimanding he mothe ‘of boy for not allowing him to ws his asthma inhaler ay a or Sevbed, Howe begins to ltre ber om the vale of steroid for be ons {codon and stops mid sentene to ave his epiphany. He rashes ot of thelist tend to his problemas ptt, who, he ins ~ ke te cine pbeat — vases soi In the ext epiaode, Pernt (2), Howse ncounas a othe nth lise who rele to Yaccinnte her boy om he base that vaccations make money fr larg ational pharoaseteal Compass, Houte undermines her opin with peat savas. Lat, when ‘Tanapires tat his problema patent an adopted child, Howse ear Converaton withthe claie patent peomps Howe to ask beter he ‘Sologal moter of hs patent bad own ecnaod against eas a: 3 iat comes to ght hat the patint has a tated meses irs Capt ‘tom his mother Te Ful (17) Hoase encounter i tho else & woman with bess ‘implants bought by he for her ussand’sbitbday present, whose bused [spating hs own Dlood preeere mediation into be oatmeal tress 0 decensher so ive, When she atk Bi for diez on what she ould do, ‘onesies If you sare about you husband at al, Pd do the responsible thing Buy yourself ome condoms, go toa bar sad ad. Howse stars lato the tance ashe has hs Epiphacy, Habe sys, before bins to ‘otal with i tame over the dgros of Bi problematic patie. To fis Teun be somounces “Lucky 1 ave the anger’ The pstcnt fs caught [Ac sloping iknes from having Sx with someone ~ other than ber inabond = who bas bows to Aled Tn Love Hares (1720) House sees ia the clinic an old couple, Aer bichon wth each ote, the couple makeup in fon of House. When te than suits breath freshener io his mouth before Kising te woman, House ways to hill "Welcome to Hell ~ at which pot he has bi Cpuphany, He each nto bis pocks! toting out «packet of Tie Tae minis Pfae of a wise deewer fll that Chase found inthe howse ofthe prob ‘enti paint House reales th patent as ying to cover his bad bret, fd he dugoost the smpiomt as ulminaling osteomyelitis. teed jrwbone). To Sk Deep (2:13) & man comes tothe nic tice to be eae by juss for his "mpathese popaassy’. The cline patent hat t00 mich ‘hopen in his body, which eases him to prow breast. Lae, when is ‘ie gos into labore patent pager Hoa o ep him vou (Be, too, appears fo hive gone ite bor). In response to the wile, who complains about her husband's behaviours, House say: 'Shut up! You have lnepleton rough bray 97 ‘he perfect an ~ 2 woman! He's go more estogencousing through his ‘ne than Ti hon that Hons has cpp: ete oot o prose ‘the dagnesis tat be now has in mind for bis problematic patient (2 16 yeareld supermodel, who he cls he ultimate woman’. Houses corect nd any tot patent "Vou've got isle peadabermapiodim You's Jnmace to wsenerone, You' pure esrogn ». The imate won 4 ‘an. Nature's el, "Flys Chel Q: 15) Hous’ problematic yan is « man wo comes under House's cre after sufcating fr no apparent reason ducing Sexual roleplay wit hs wife (use consequeuy aes the wie MIs ‘Nympho’, Wile moeking om is eave, House tend i duty, ere Be facountar’n man who eats trenimant for herpes Wes the man asks House bow be could ave contacied it, House ges him the impresion ‘hat his wife must be cheating on him. Later we discover hs Wie bus been tested for the eizae, When Coy gives Howse the wit’ test eu he tsk both he and Wik whether one wool osinariy one's parner that one has herpes or wait tl he of se contacts itt sit he lane. "House cooinnes to hypothe: “Then maybe it was the wie, Maybe she ea the ane who Howe scars into apuc ad has Ms pip, ashe Flies bis words apply equal to “Mes Nympho’, who he sels 3s Pong her hustan, Alte fling to omoborate is new theory with ‘pial evdeace, Howse is Tored by Cuddy to met withthe husband fin wil, who both have bepe. The couple fight and acouse cach her of| Seping around, The wife rows ber gold wedcing rng onthe Moor. As loo picks itp ke basa fatber epiphany: "Mis Nympho spooning her hoshond with ap sim tions! 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