Of course. Source materials are critical. I used to be diligent about this. Way back when a friend told me I read for pleasure (this was never true, escapism at best but more likely an adaptation), which I naturally took as an affront and a challenge... The past 5 or 6 years or so I've made a conscious decision to firehose myself and study the effect on my consciousness. It has been fun and interesting to say the least but, non plus ultra.

Flag creases? What do you mean?