A funny thing happened the other day. I was watching TV and a commercial came on for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I saw Louise Fletcher and my immediate thought was, “Hey, it’s NurseRatched, the blogger!”

Yes, folks, I know it wasn’t actually NurseRatched the blogger, but my subconscious told me otherwise. And then I realized something very cool – NurseRatched, the blogger has officially replaced Nurse Ratched, the movie character, in my psyche. Bravo, MJ, for taking an iconic movie nurse and turning her into your own symbol!

What’s even more interesting is the other night I actually had the pleasure of speaking with MJ over the phone – my first actual conversation with a nurse blogger – and the whole time I was envisioning that Louise Fletcher was on the other end of the line.

Funny, huh?

It reminded me of something I learned in an art history class a long time ago. When someone criticized Picasso for painting a portrait of Gertrude Stein that didn’t really look like Gertrude Stein, Picasso’s reply was:

“Everyone thinks she does not look like her portrait, but never mind, she will”.