Tuesday, May 24, 2005
"Writing now was like dropping stones in some deep, bottomless pool. They drop; they sink -- there is no answer." -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
By contrast, blogging is like paddling a raquetball at a wall. The answer is almost instantaneous.
Of course, sometimes the ball comes back and smacks you in the face. But even then there's at least the gratification of response!
It's hard for affirmation-seeking writers (like me) to trade the near-instant gratification of blogging for the solitary work of "real" writing. I can only hope that the pool does indeed have a bottom and that the stones sinking slowly down awaken some beast of fulfillment that is sleeping in the darkness and murk of the ocean floor.
YES YES YES