Saturday, January 14, 2012

lost in translation

it's hard for me to feel inspired lately.  like, i sometimes i will be doing some mundane task like taking a shower or walking down the street and my thoughts are so aligned but then i sit down at the computer and those thoughts get lost in translation somewhere between my head and my hand.

i don't know what it is about the blank page or the blank screen-- but suddenly like a reflection of the vast possibilities before me-- i feel lost.  i write and erase, i type delete.  nothing is good enough.  (i tell my ego to shut the fuck up).

there have been times in my life where creativity was overflowing and i had to write.  i wrote on napkins, the bottom of my shoes, the inside seams of my shirts. 

that was then.

now i am a restrictor.  "restrictors operate on the conviction that chaos is imminent and steps need to be taken now to minimize its impact." (g.roth)  i limit things because i think that it will limit my suffering.  at first, i just limited what i ate, but then i started limiting everything.  art.  creativity.  joy.

 life became very small. 

i had nothing to say.

i wouldn't let myself.



....things are changing.  aren't they?

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