What a delightful read. I agree in that creation is a way to find ourselves, to push and poke and prod at the edges of our own identity. and it's why I believe in making art just because. It is the act of creating that matters, not the result.
This piece — “writing as identity” — is romanticism, and the limit of romanticism is the boundary between yourself and the external world. Consider this essay of Solnit's: http://rebeccasolnit.net/essay/call-climate-change-what-it-is-violence/ It is bullshit. It is her projecting her internal melodramatic personae onto the world. She writes:
“we already have widespread hunger on Earth, and much of it is due not to the failures of nature and farmers, but to systems of distribution. Almost 16m children in the United States now live with hunger, according to the US Department of Agriculture, and that is not because the vast, agriculturally rich United States cannot produce enough to feed all of us. We are a country whose distribution system is itself a kind of violence.“
YES to being protective of your writing / work - the journey, effort and hard work are what build the character and experience and pride (at a somatic level) not the outcome
Strangely I had been wanting to ask you for your thoughts and musings on reading, and here it is! Always grateful to bask in your sun and water
What a delightful read. I agree in that creation is a way to find ourselves, to push and poke and prod at the edges of our own identity. and it's why I believe in making art just because. It is the act of creating that matters, not the result.
All these years of sun a water. Thank you for this.
thank you for reading!
gosh, i love. i’ve also learnt that the inputs are the most important part and to trust the rest will flow from that.
to borrow something Ezra Klein said on a podcast: “It’s not the wave that changes you, it’s the erosion.” 🌊
oh wow. I love that. thank you for reading and sharing.
What a joy it was to read this. Thank you for the inspiration! ❤️
thank you for reading!
This piece — “writing as identity” — is romanticism, and the limit of romanticism is the boundary between yourself and the external world. Consider this essay of Solnit's: http://rebeccasolnit.net/essay/call-climate-change-what-it-is-violence/ It is bullshit. It is her projecting her internal melodramatic personae onto the world. She writes:
“we already have widespread hunger on Earth, and much of it is due not to the failures of nature and farmers, but to systems of distribution. Almost 16m children in the United States now live with hunger, according to the US Department of Agriculture, and that is not because the vast, agriculturally rich United States cannot produce enough to feed all of us. We are a country whose distribution system is itself a kind of violence.“
Um, no: https://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment?insight=the-world-has-made-significant-progress-against-hunger-but-this-has-slowed#key-insights
YES to being protective of your writing / work - the journey, effort and hard work are what build the character and experience and pride (at a somatic level) not the outcome
may I ask, what was the title of the novel?
Martyr