So, I’ve been spending too much time on the six word story experiment. As a writer I’ve always strived for the great art of impassioned brevity. In coming up with story after story about myself I came to see that they all tend towards the tragic.
That frightens me more than a little.
You really have to be honest when you try to reduce your life to six words.
And if you sit there and explore the site for a while you come across more and more of these.
Why?
Why is it that so many of us felt we could have done better? Could have been more?
Why do so many of us not reach our potential?
Is it really that hard to do?
Is it really that futile?
February 15th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I wonder where the need to, pardon the phrase, be all you can be comes from in the first place. Is it really required that you be your best?
February 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I find myself fighting a similar battle. For myself I find it to be a war with ego. Perhaps the windows within the doors of perception need cleansing?
Old is relative. It is also a meme.
Wish that I was Grocking Zen Buddhism as apposed to standing on the cusp of understanding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen
I’m certain I’m onto something other than the intended subject matter but …… oh well