Regular Reveries 19: Walking and Writing for Yourself
I’ve recently tried writing while walking in nature, and I’ve noticed the difference, compared to writing while sitting. It’s as if I have more ideas when I move, so I’ll try to do that more.
This week’s article
I’ve published an article about the tension between writing what the world wants from you and what you want to write about. I’ve discovered this quote just after that:
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
Cyril Connolly
Content candy
I’ve enjoyed reading David Laing’s “The semantics of silence”:
I’ve been thinking about this recently because of a powerful meme that has been spreading through social media over the past few weeks: “silence is violence”. I don’t think this claim is literally true, but in my post last year I wrote a similar phrase: “Silence is tacit agreement with the consensus.” In other words, silence conveys the message that you accept the status quo. If the needle is going to be pushed one way or the other, you’re content to let others do the pushing.
Since I’m usually quiet, especially in group settings, this article has made me think.
Something to think about
“I know that I am not a category, a hybrid specialization.
I am not a thing — a noun.
I seem to be a verb — an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe, and so are you.”
R. Buckminster Fuller
Question for you
What does your ideal day look like, and what is preventing today from being ideal?