Letter to Self 9-1-15
Don't write for writing's sake.
You'll only come out on the other side feeling used by your compulsion. Write when either you've sought and found her, or she found you. All else will have been automated prefrontal cortex slavery. And no artist wants to be a slave to the need to create. A slave to the muse, perhaps, but not the need.
Creation of art is a tricky mistress. When it's time, you'll know. T'hell with the yardstick of comparison. T'hell with the self-inflicted-burden of quantity. If it matters, it will evolve. Anything else is just a dance. And not that I don't like the idea of dancing with a lover, but when you drag that lover around the dance floor, it's only puppetry - and no one believes in illusions. No one has faith in a ventriloquist to be a visionary.
Your life is not short, contrary to the status quo belief. You're life is long. And there will be time to descend deep into the workings of your innermost person. Anything else is disingenuous.
Time is your friend.
Sleep and write another day.
Don't write for writing's sake.
You'll only come out on the other side feeling used by your compulsion. Write when either you've sought and found her, or she found you. All else will have been automated prefrontal cortex slavery. And no artist wants to be a slave to the need to create. A slave to the muse, perhaps, but not the need.
Creation of art is a tricky mistress. When it's time, you'll know. T'hell with the yardstick of comparison. T'hell with the self-inflicted-burden of quantity. If it matters, it will evolve. Anything else is just a dance. And not that I don't like the idea of dancing with a lover, but when you drag that lover around the dance floor, it's only puppetry - and no one believes in illusions. No one has faith in a ventriloquist to be a visionary.
Your life is not short, contrary to the status quo belief. You're life is long. And there will be time to descend deep into the workings of your innermost person. Anything else is disingenuous.
Time is your friend.
Sleep and write another day.