Degringolade

Expressionism / Abraham Manievich/ Autumn Day

A couple of interesting chats and e-mails yesterday.  Oddly enough, synchronicity appeared to happen and I got feedback on why one writes from two different sources and multiple different directions.

Got me thinking about why I write.  I mostly write as a way to order my thoughts and to hope that someone will occasionally give me feedback (I really can’t say that positive feedback has that much meaning in today's world, but I treasure the non-troll-non-shitty feedback of others).  I also think that the physical act of writing, even on trite and inconsequential subjects allows a psychic release that doesn’t appear to harm anyone.  

Michael appears to write as much as I do, and it appears that our interests and our outlooks are not that dissimilar, Michael has what appears to be a continuous-revision/improvement book over at Amazon that is the focus of his work (it is available here if any of my readers wish to read his work, sorry Mike, but my five (5) Readers/Day will probably have an insignificant effect on your sales).

My new acquaintance is a blogging rookie (Welcome Prayergardens) who is thinking/beginning about blogging.  I wish her the best and I am looking forward to her work.

I think that for me blogging offers a means to take my time with my thoughts and to polish them up a little.  Conversation and verbal discussion are great with a couple of beers, maybe a bong hit, and some time relaxing with friends and doing a superficial overview of subjects.  But the immediacy and pace of conversations don’t let your thoughts gel as needed.  

Writing gives you a chance to utilize the prosthesis of the written word to collect and distill your thoughts.  That is why I write.  Sometimes my thoughts are trivial and shallow.  Sometimes they attempt to dive beyond the mundane and lay things out for your own review and improvement and sometimes allow for course corrections by others.

So, my advice is to keep writing.  Even if no one else reads it, it is worth the effort.