Talking about your own confusion is something difficult, because it makes you vulnerable to the intelligence of others who may be scathing or just be disinterested in you, because you can't communicate at their level.
But if you can unstick your attachment to the idea that other people have to like you then talking about confusion is a gift. It takes a coherent person to communicate inchoate or irrational phenomena. Allowing yourself to be incoherent signifies that you value the intelligence of those in your company, you value their capacity to piece together disparate ideas. You want them to join you on the journey through your head.
I'm not advocating insanity because I don't know a productive insanity. I'm a fan of productivity and I'm interested in finding ways to live in this society without destroying ourselves, and I think one way is to let our brains play, often, everyday. Things are more interesting and fun, and the thing that will kill you is stress and monotony. There are plenty of books, and here I am writing about it again - but it comes down to your decisions to do strange things. Don't put a toothpick in your eye, do lie on the footpath at 2am and watch the moon for a while, if you want to.
Confusion is the stuff that questions are made of, questions are the stuff that answers are made of. So you actually need your confusion, you need it badly! It's like a recipe for a Chinese dish. Sweet and sour are not similar but put together they make a fusion that is surprisingly delicious.
Go and ask someone something you don't have an answer to.
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