I’m going through a period of time wherein I have a constant drip of ideas for blogs ONLY when I’m not in a position to actually write them. Is this a sneaky form of perfectionism, with my critical voice conveniently erasing the idea harddrive whenever it suspects I might (outrageously) actually write something? Possibly, hmm, possibly.
Anyway, the only way to conquer that, I suspect, is to just show up here until my brain gets the message that I’m going to write, even if it’s about nothing, so it might as well let me hold onto those ideas.
And so, an utterly random conglomeration of Things I’ve Thought About This Week:
- Rabbits. How did we breed lopness into their ears? It’s caused by a lack of cartilage to hold the ear upright; was this a spontaneous mutation or a deliberately induced one? At some point, I shall research and find out.
- Autumn. I adore Autumn. Hot afternoons so I’m not freezing, cold nights so I can actually sleep well, evenings that cool off once the sun starts to sink so I can enjoy sitting outside on the back swing for thirty minutes or an hour while the rabbit and chickens have yard time and I read a book… Mm. Yes please.
- The Silmarillion. It’s so mythic. Tolkien hit that vibe dead on. I’m picking away at it slowly, but it’s vibey and mythic and so atmospheric I keep finding myself inhabiting the world even when I’m not reading it. Delicious.
- Clifton Strengths, because I am currently obsessed by them as a paradigm for understanding myself and the people around me. I’m addicted to personality constructs at the best of times and this one is really, really hitting home; so satisfying. Largely this is thanks to Becca Syme and the amazing work for writers that she does on her Patreon; high recommend.
- The future, *upside down smiley* and how living with a death sentence feels like it increases the uncertainty in my life but actually logically speaking it probably does the opposite? Like, any of us could die at any time, so this isn’t really any different? (And, of course, I fully intend to defy this and live a long life, so you know.)
- Writing vs thinking and how they don’t actually have to be a “versus” at all, and that maybe even though I thought I wanted to be a full-time writer, there’s a limit to how much I can sustainably write every day, because my brain likes/needs thinking time in between sessions? (Hello, #3 Intellection in the Clifton Strengths).
- Language, and con-langing, and how I want my Veiled Worlds languages to look and sound and feel.
Probably more, it’s been a very, very epic thinking week this week and the rest of the month hasn’t been much less, but this is at least sufficient for now to convince Brain that hi, hello, yes, I am Going To Regularly Blog.
PS Why is it too hot to sit outside tonight, I resent this.