I would really like to be a writer.
But I don't have anything to say, and I'm no good at getting what I do say into coherent, well structured sentences. I blame my longing to write on Kurt Vonnegut. After reading his books it seems that writing is completely effortless and that anyone can do it. I cannot. My main problem is that I do not think in flourishes and overly descriptive wording. I get to the point of the sentence without bringing anyone with me. Or something.
Haiku
I like haiku because it has to be short. You have to think of the best and most concise words to get across your point.
5 7 5
I have also read that to be more akin to the Japanese equivalent of 5 7 5 you should really use something shorter in English. 3 5 3, or 2 3 2.
Here are some about things in my office, sure why not.
artificial brain
molasses january
time for the pasture
glowing orb
illumination
nothingness
howl of
cooling fan
go away
3 comments:
No, you don't want to be a writer. That's for suckers. You work on something for months or years, and then you send it away to your editors, and they tell you the many ways it sucks, and then they send it to readers who tell you different ways in which it sucks, and then finally, when you don't even care anymore, they publish it, and then people ask you the same five stupid questions over and over about it.
I see a paper cup, perhaps Caribou in origin, and a black plastic cup holder.
Beth may be right. He's an anthropologist by trade, you must remember.
It is a Caribou cup, which I normally detest but there is one just down the street from my place of employ. Let me reiterate that I do not like Caribou. I'm really a Dunn Bros. or Gloria Jeans kind of guy, if it has to be a chain coffee establishment although I most often drink Starbucks wins because they are literally everywhere.
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