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 Thoughts destined to be washed away by the tides of life. |
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I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance? I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them. Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog. |
| I’ve had some reviews recently. First, I will apologize for not responding. Soon, soon. Unless it’s been more than six months. Then it would be embarrassing to remind people that they've written a review on a piece that they don't remember having read. No need to point out how forgettable my writing is. So I just want to say that I will eventually get around to thanking all of you regardless of how enthusiastic you were (or were not ) when you read the piece that you reviewed. Many members belong to one or more of the encouraging reviewing groups here at WDC and some groups require suggestions as part of a review in order for it to qualify.. Luckily, for the people who reviewed my writing,I leave a lot to be suggested. The bulk of suggestions tend to refer to my lack of a line count or word count and definitely highlight my resistance to using drop down menus. I honestly do see the benefits of including word counts and line counts and even organizing notes about the prompt and the piece itself under a drop-down menu, but that still doesn't mean it's going to happen. Here's my process: I sit down. I drink some coffee. I write something, probably something I was supposed to write several days ago.. I drink more coffee. I post what I wrote and if there's no more coffee, then I run away and I don't come back for a very long time. Usually. I have a lot of other things I have to do. It's not as if I don't appreciate these suggestions, I do. They're actually very good suggestions. I'm just not sure I'm organized enough to be capable of following any of them - and I'm sure that I'm far too lazy. However, there is an upside to not taking these valuable suggestions: it gives the next reviewer something to remark on in his or her review since it's not going to get any better. I suppose it might also be a bit self-serving because it lessens the need to critique my actual writing. And if there's anything I dislike more than counting words in the lines of my drop-down menus, it's criticism. |
| I decided that there's no harm in writing a blog post that you really don't expect anyone to read. After all, people are busy with their own thoughts and probably not interested in the thoughts that go running through my mind, leaving their muddy footprints and making such noise that the real world is drowned out. No, there's no reason to burden others with those. But then again, maybe that is what social media is all about. I see many people on social media who discard their adulthood and become middle school mean girls, making up silly names for people they don't like and spreading wild theories. Paranoia reigns supreme but I have noticed that those who suffer from it are all still there and have not been imprisoned for thought crimes as they daily fret about. Essentially, social media could be something great and useful but usually isn't. It's why I get tired. I need to get back to work and get my ducks in a row. That's not easy. They prefer a slightly triangular formation some days. |
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