Comments on: one, two, unbutton my lip. http://maura.com/archives/5 now with permalinks. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michelle http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-26 Michelle Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:40:25 +0000 http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-26 Right now, I am zigzagging too. I don't do much of it anymore. I miss the web, and my defenses against nostalgia's emotional byproducts have always been paper-thin. For example, I am now trying to remember how long it's been since I stumbled upon a link to myself by chance. x = y years spent not writing + z years spent watching referer reports. 2006 - x = some life I used to live once. Even so. Far from the anticipated (deflected?) "keep writing" response, I have this to say: Don't feel old. Girl, you are too cool to be old, and you don't need any creative output to prove it. Cool is not a deliverable. I'm not saying writing isn't important. If it makes you happy, then it's good... just don't mistake it for who you are. Writing is an artifact. You are the real thing. Right now, I am zigzagging too. I don’t do much of it anymore. I miss the web, and my defenses against nostalgia’s emotional byproducts have always been paper-thin. For example, I am now trying to remember how long it’s been since I stumbled upon a link to myself by chance. x = y years spent not writing + z years spent watching referer reports. 2006 - x = some life I used to live once.

Even so. Far from the anticipated (deflected?) “keep writing” response, I have this to say: Don’t feel old. Girl, you are too cool to be old, and you don’t need any creative output to prove it. Cool is not a deliverable.

I’m not saying writing isn’t important. If it makes you happy, then it’s good… just don’t mistake it for who you are. Writing is an artifact. You are the real thing.

]]> By: Steve Rhodes http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-11 Steve Rhodes Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:45:09 +0000 http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-11 I also have been doing less writing and more <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/" rel="nofollow">photos</a> the last few years. And articles and sites I might have written about so I could go back to them I now just <a href="http://del.icio.us/tigerbeat" rel="nofollow">bookmark</a> in del.icio.us. But I still sometimes wish I had actually written about some things (especially since the web can be so <a href="http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/12/30/suckcom_.shtml" rel="nofollow">ephermeral</a>. I also have been doing less writing and more photos
the last few years. And articles and sites I might have written about so I could go back to them I now just bookmark in del.icio.us.

But I still sometimes wish I had actually written about some things (especially since the web can be so ephermeral.

]]> By: Mike P. http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-10 Mike P. Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:39:29 +0000 http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-10 Hey Maura, I too have felt many of the same things about my writing. I've experienced the difficulties of gettting my thoughts down in a satisfactory manner; I've raged at the amount of fatuous wordsmithing in blogs, sites, newspapers, etc. (and feared I'm part of the problem). There is so much apathy facing 99% of writers in this world. Every little bit you can squeeze out with the right spirit in spite of that indifference is worth something, I like to think. It's good to always stretch out and learn new things, but it's equally important to hone in on the subjects with which you feel a special kinship. So I also think you should give baseball writing a shot, here or elsewhere, especially if that's where your head is right now. The older I get, the more I believe that just making it through the day (which you can define more than one way) is more important and inspiring than being witty, well-known or influential. Hey Maura,
I too have felt many of the same things about my writing. I’ve experienced the difficulties of gettting my thoughts down in a satisfactory manner; I’ve raged at the amount of fatuous wordsmithing in blogs, sites, newspapers, etc. (and feared I’m part of the problem). There is so much apathy facing 99% of writers in this world. Every little bit you can squeeze out with the right spirit in spite of that indifference is worth something, I like to think.
It’s good to always stretch out and learn new things, but it’s equally important to hone in on the subjects with which you feel a special kinship. So I also think you should give baseball writing a shot, here or elsewhere, especially if that’s where your head is right now.
The older I get, the more I believe that just making it through the day (which you can define more than one way) is more important and inspiring than being witty, well-known or influential.

]]> By: Sara http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-9 Sara Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:26:44 +0000 http://maura.com/archives/5#comment-9 I still haven't heard the Celebration record. There are about 100 records like that. I'm feeling you on the writing thing. In the last year, the postings on my blog got lighter and less frequent. I mean, the stuff I read at the KWH was a year old. At least you wrote something new. Perhaps you should write more about baseball. There are so few lady sports writers. I still haven’t heard the Celebration record. There are about 100 records like that. I’m feeling you on the writing thing. In the last year, the postings on my blog got lighter and less frequent. I mean, the stuff I read at the KWH was a year old. At least you wrote something new. Perhaps you should write more about baseball. There are so few lady sports writers.

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