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Wow, thanks, Andrew. I don't deserve comments as thoughtful as yours. Well, who am I to argue with the poets of the past? Random and spontaneous it is.
sincerely,
danielle
P.S. you are a HUGE NERD.
Wow, thanks, Andrew. I don't deserve comments as thoughtful as yours. Well, who am I to argue with the poets of the past? Random and spontaneous it is.
sincerely,
danielle
P.S. you are a HUGE NERD.
Spontaneous writing is very much underappreciated. I remember Wordsworth saying something about poetry being reflections contemplated in tranquility (I think it was in his preface to Lyrical Ballads), and I thought for a long time that good prose was brought about by the same process: a sort of distillation of inspiration, daydreams, and rationalizations.
This is not necessarily so, and I think this post of yours (10.23.03) may just prove the point.
You see, I read blogs, I read literature, I read things that are supposed to be moving and provocative. Most are not. Most seem -too- structured, too bent on being entertaining, to the point that they lose what makes writing truly wonderful: sincerity. Earnestness is the attraction of great prose, I believe. Like Cummings wrote, "who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you." Throw the system and the structure out the window. Go with what takes you.
The things that I've most connected with you about seem to be those spontaneous bits of pure unabashed honesty. I miss California, too. I miss my sister, too. I have a similar issue with dreams as of late. I have trivialities that, like the blender chord, bother me more than they ought to. --That is what draws me in and makes me think, makes me relate and empathize.
As for how often you should write.. yeah, it is up to you. But, I wouldn't refrain from blogging because you think there is a lack of things to say, just dig down for that kind of sincerity and it will come. Philip Sidney had the same problem when he was trying to write _Astrophil and Stella_, but listen to how he ends Sonnet 1:
"Thus great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,/
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,/
Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write"
Spontaneous writing is very much underappreciated. I remember Wordsworth saying something about poetry being reflections contemplated in tranquility (I think it was in his preface to Lyrical Ballads), and I thought for a long time that good prose was brought about by the same process: a sort of distillation of inspiration, daydreams, and rationalizations.
This is not necessarily so, and I think this post of yours (10.23.03) may just prove the point.
You see, I read blogs, I read literature, I read things that are supposed to be moving and provocative. Most are not. Most seem -too- structured, too bent on being entertaining, to the point that they lose what makes writing truly wonderful: sincerity. Earnestness is the attraction of great prose, I believe. Like Cummings wrote, "who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you." Throw the system and the structure out the window. Go with what takes you.
The things that I've most connected with you about seem to be those spontaneous bits of pure unabashed honesty. I miss California, too. I miss my sister, too. I have a similar issue with dreams as of late. I have trivialities that, like the blender chord, bother me more than they ought to. --That is what draws me in and makes me think, makes me relate and empathize.
As for how often you should write.. yeah, it is up to you. But, I wouldn't refrain from blogging because you think there is a lack of things to say, just dig down for that kind of sincerity and it will come. Philip Sidney had the same problem when he was trying to write _Astrophil and Stella_, but listen to how he ends Sonnet 1:
"Thus great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,/
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,/
Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write"
Inasmuch as it is your blog, ultimately you must answer that question for yourself. I know that I haven't been blogging long enough to have an appreciable opinion, but sometimes I too think that I'm just going to stop, like yesterday. It's time consuming. I'm not writing like I want to. I'm not composing like I used to. I'm not spending enough time with the people who are supposed to matter. And when I scan other people's blogs, I realize that I'm not even blogging all that much (or that well). Hell, I haven't even the beginnings of a respectable patronage, and I'm corresponding to someone I don't know and never will. (No offense.)
I really can't say that I wont stop tomorrow, but for some reason I'm still doing it today. Maybe it's a case of needing professional help? Know of any 12 step programs for bloggers?
Inasmuch as it is your blog, ultimately you must answer that question for yourself. I know that I haven't been blogging long enough to have an appreciable opinion, but sometimes I too think that I'm just going to stop, like yesterday. It's time consuming. I'm not writing like I want to. I'm not composing like I used to. I'm not spending enough time with the people who are supposed to matter. And when I scan other people's blogs, I realize that I'm not even blogging all that much (or that well). Hell, I haven't even the beginnings of a respectable patronage, and I'm corresponding to someone I don't know and never will. (No offense.)
I really can't say that I wont stop tomorrow, but for some reason I'm still doing it today. Maybe it's a case of needing professional help? Know of any 12 step programs for bloggers?
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