Quite a bit of time between the last ten things and now. Many moons. Many thoughts. Here are 10:
- I think I still see ghosts. It isn’t fully formed apparitions but streaks of movement at the edges of my vision. A scientist might suggest that at the edges of my ocular acuity the brain is just filling in the blanks and forming meaning out of what it can and cannot see. Maybe. Or maybe there is something at the edge of my perception–that thing lurking at the base of the stairs watching me and wanting to taste life.
- I think the volume of my words fluctuates wildly from night to night in step with where my head is at and where my attention span is actually directed. The more I have on the brain, the less words find their way out of that maze of thoughts through my fingers and on to the screen.
- I think it is very difficult for any writer to take critical feedback that challenges the pristine vision of what they believe to be a clear and directed piece of writing. I think this is worse for creative writers where the idea of meaning is so subjective.
- I think we become our parents to a certain extent. I think this happens in the same fashion that a white shirt washed with reds can sometimes take on a pinkish hue. We are students and victims of those who raise us.
- I think I live in a time when I am struggling to teach people to avoid logical fallacy and poor writing etiquette by, for example, not writing in all caps. Meanwhile, our president tweets in al caps and deals in fallacy openly.
- I think alcohol at night helps you fall asleep faster but challenges what one might call a peaceful sleep.
- I think I am afraid to take everything off my plate, for then I will have no excuse for not producing fantastic fiction.
- I think it is time to move on from Maricopa and begin to develop a new social world with new challenges and opportunities.
- I think my girlfriend is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known, a title formerly held by Christina Chang.
- I think I missed this format far more than I thought I would and I will probably return to it more often.