Hmm. I’m sitting here at the computer and thinking that maybe what I want to actually be doing is writing out my thoughts in hard copy. By that I mean I’m wanting to get a blank book and just start writing in it. I think I may have one set aside for that purpose. I know I have a mostly-blank notebook. Of course, knowing myself, I notice the desire to want to use a special (pigment-based) pen for this so I know it won’t fade. I just wish it didn’t make me sound so snobby. ;)
There’s just something about writing things out by hand which appeals to me more than typing. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s related to my drive to create art. I know that it’s related to my wanting to learn Japanese and be able to use kanji in addition to the phonetic kana. And it’s probably related to wanting to learn calligraphy. When you write by hand, it does seem like a work of art itself. And of course when you write on the computer, it’s faster and more efficient; but when your computer fails, it’s gone, unless you backed it up. There just seems to be something evanescent about writing done on a computer. Maybe it’s the way the letters appear out of nowhere and are gone just as fast. I don’t know. Maybe I just need to get a better set of fonts or something.
I don’t have a lot of time to write here tonight; there are too many other things competing for my attention, like the copy of The Artist’s Way I found earlier. But I should probably note this down. Maybe I should use the unlined book I have so that I can draw and write in the same book? Heh — I’ll go and look through my blank books now and see which one I dedicated to creative writing…
