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Wednesday, November 10, 2004Why I'm a Writer
My friend Kowe made an important comment on my sad, devistating last post. He wrote that it was sad that I would question my role as a writer, even during that tragedy. He said all the requisite things like "writers are healers" and "think about a world without art."
The point for me wasn't that I forgot this stuff; it was that I could be reduced to pragmatism. It would be easy for me to take as a lesson from all this the realization that there should always be art, always be artists (although a tribunal somewhere is convening right now to revoke my rights for writing this convoluted sentence). Well, maybe that is the lesson. I don't know. Clearly the lesson right now is that 2 a.m. + Makers Mark + pontificating about lofty poetic ideas regarding writing and life lessons = bad idea. (this bad idea, and every one I hope to have in the future, is why I'm a writer.) // posted at
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1 Comments:
Clearly "2 a.m. + Makers Mark + pontificating about lofty poetic ideas regarding writing and life lessons = bad idea." is a basically incorrect idea.
Or at least one which does not affect our day-to-day lives.
The post in question was a heart-rending one - a situation that was as bad as imaginable and one that everyone can imagine getting into. But the fact that you aren't a doctor doesn't make writing a professional mistake.
I can't imagine that statements like "writers are healers" can help you much, because it misses the point of your grief. More to the point is the fact that you feel the grief itself - your deep desire to help your friends is the idea to focus on.
For the record, Maker's Mark and pontification are two things I love about you.
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