Ron had said: > And on this note, to Dan, perhaps the rejection of social quality and the > measuring of your > writing agaist the satisfaction it delivers to you has become a rigid static > pattern of "good" > for you and perhaps breaking those static patterns would be a real boon to > your writing. > Just a suggestion.
Hi Ron I'm not sure what you mean... are you suggesting writing gives me some sort of satisfaction? I thought I made it clear that it doesn't. I don't "want" to write so much as I am compelled to write. Ron: In a similar fashion I dont want to masturbate so much as I am compelled to but I still get a satisfaction of release, being a Illustrator I have often made the comparison of painting and excretion of some sort. Dan: Are you suggesting I should pander to others and thereby measure my writing? Ron: Hell no, we all measure our own work in some sort of capacity which, for me at least relates to the sort of work I excrete. Dan: But I don't "measure" my writing at all. I just write. If it is good, fine. If it is not, then it is not. And I do know the difference... it isn't the measure of my writing that makes it good or not... it is the writing itself. Ron: The satisfaction of doing it, I understand. which leads to the next comment.. Dan: I'm not rejecting social quality. I envy those who find value in social quality. But to me, it rings false. There are times when I wish it didn't. Ron: Yea Dan I'm the same way, but recently I have really been trying to approach social situations with fresh eyes. I mostly do alot of listening and trying to connect with other people without the contexts of t.v. shows or sports is difficult, but I am surprised that there are a few folks are well read and most people remember the books they were made to read in school. But I make a game out of trying to atleast connect with everyone in the room even for a few minutes. I tell jokes, bad ones usually and start off by being mildly amusing then shift the focus on them. I have really found that I have built up such a static prejudice towards social situations that it has become detrimental to my well-being and once I started opening myself up to it, the way I excremented art started to really change for the better and consequently how I felt about my life. Like I said it was just a suggestion and I was not aiming at criticizing you in any form. I just thought I'd share some of the success I experienced. thnx Dan > > peace and to you, Dan Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
