Wise Words? Back from Break
Its been a while Two months ago I had a goal of posting in this format once a week. Obviously that hasnt been happening lately, and this is due to two simple weaknesses which I hope I can better overcome moving forward: fear and indecision. Back in May, I looked back at a lot of what I had written here and promptly decided (was overcome with the fear) that it was all centered around the same central theme: being an Other. However, after a helpful discussion with my loyal reader (hi mom) I learned that it may not necessarily appear that way to everyone. I do think Othering is something which has contributed greatly to my social anxiety and medical depression, so I do plan to finish that book despite it being dark and difficult to write, but Ive decided that philosophical and fictional writing have separate value. For one thing I actually edit these posts so its good practice for my fiction writing, and for the other it allows me to express a different channel within my writing and ...