How sometimes imagination can lead to unproductive day dreaming.
June 28, 2006
Broken Typerwriter: Writing about the difficulties of writers block.
Long Term Impacts of Writing: I don't care what people say, I'm going to express myself.
Points of Write: Things to think about when reading what I write and what I am truly saying.
Politics of Self-Reflection: A look at writing and self-reflection and the challenges it poses.
Rewriting History: A number of projects force Andrew to try to figure out what the meanings of words were yesterday.
Seeing Myself Through Words: How my imagination and writing can show me my new tomorrow.
Social Context of Writing: Why our own words seem so foreign over time.
Two More Years: With our contract renewed, the blog promises to exist for two more years.
Writing: A look at why I write, the costs it imposes, and the difficulty of true expression.
I sometimes worry that I spend too much time imagining my world, and thinking about who I am or who I could be, but not truly doing enough to change myself. It's great to have an ideology and to think about the world, but if I'm daydreaming and not changing myself and the world, of what use can it truly be?
Paper, thoughts, and words are different from the real world. They do not have to be grounded in reality, and can be expression of what is possible and not necessarily what is practical. This can expand my world, but if it also distracts, it can limit the world. I must constantly keep my focus on expanding my world.
I need to work harder to expand my possibilities and to learn nearly as much as I possibly can in the sectors that so dearly fascinate me so dearly. Yet, I have to realize somethings may never happen and not to be disappointed. Ultimately, I will be an individual and if things like my dream of owning a farm never happen, then so be it. As long as I don't become just another plastic suburbanite then I will be happy.
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