the cutup method. while reading a book, do a text processing project with it. extract and read a large subset of the sentences, phrases or words, that share s

the cutup method. while reading a book, do a text processing project with it. extract and read a large subset of the sentences, phrases or words, that share some interesting properties--semantic, phonological, syntactic, etc. it's a good way to get primed for a new subject. the dislocated language is strange and memorable, if not informative. you gain a kind of reflective facility with the language.