Friday, July 2, 2010

DOING SOMETHING, SAYING NOTHING

My need to write waxes and wanes. There are times when saying nothing in writing feels more necessary and satisfying than saying "meaningful" things to another person. That's how I know I'm in the writing mode.

Then there are times when my typing fingers can't come up with anything. Turn on the writing faucet and there's but one half-drip of something rusty.

That's this week's faucet.

Yesterday, I thought I would go into the sunny world and find some inspiration. I had a nice day. A delicious lunch, people watching, a little shopping. I strolled contentedly in my flip-flops, then came home, read, picked up around the house, and relaxed with the dogs.

I had a good day. It doesn't need embellishment for interest's sake. It doesn't need to be more than it was so it can be written about.

Sometimes I wonder if the creation of art doesn't interfere with being in the moment. In the quest for "what can this reality be turned in to?" do we lose a little bit of the enjoyment of what we're actually doing?


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