Something about this light caught my eye. It struck me as so bleak that I stopped for a closer look. I liked this picture at first because of the symmetry, but then I started to imagine all kinds of symbolism, as writers tend to do. A dull sky and a prison-like wall, and a light …
Pictures–they are fun?
I have been taking lots of photos because my new phone has an amazing camera... maybe they will show up here? Photos on a writing blog?? What is the world coming to... I think photography is similar to writing in that you take a situation and slice out the portion you want to show the …
mind realestate
The more responsibilities, and worries, and stress, and plans and work you have going on, the less free space you have in your head for creative thought. It becomes a depressing trap. The spirit is withered by the dull grind of daily life. You can't think about an alien world or a mystical dragon because …
Stop thinking up reasons not to write
Whenever I don't know what to blog about (like today) I just open up 'Several Short Sentences about Writing' to a random page, and then I have a blog topic. Today, I read this: Anything you think you need in order to write--or be 'inspired' to write or 'get in the mood' to write--becomes a …
Horrors of the world
Rings of Saturn's seemingly random topic hoping is all coming together, related in the big picture by every thought, every piece of history he talks about seeming to show how humans are terrible, or maybe that the world is terrible. Aside from the overt bleakness of the historical stuff he talks about, there is a …
Jonas David 