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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
Open your moleskine to the first page. Get a nice pen, I prefer rollerball fine point. Ready? Write down "Chinese people tie their toes in knots so they cannot grow any."
There. Now you will feel free to use the notebook to write nearly anything.
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I fear my writing has suffered a permanent and fatal blockage, caught out by allowing the Fool to chew the fat too often. The Fool invades forums with foolishness (naturally) and surreality as a substitute for creation. He has a monopoly on my brain-space, and, though entertaining (to me), is ultimately pointless. Yet, like drug, I cannot stop, even if he's the death of Me.
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I perform a similar ritual with new notebooks, typically transcribing a Japanese or Chinese poem. My current notebook has this on the opening page:
Once, far over the breakers,
I caught a glimpse
Of a white bird
And fell in love
With this dream which
obsesses me.
- Yosano Akiko
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I like this, though I've given it insufficient contemplation.
I didn't realize that was okay (other's work, for inspiration, yes?). Can I use a retractable pencil?
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On the facing page is the XSLT Identity Transform.
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Excuse me, but...eww (sorry. My Being cries out against logical left-brain practicality, which is all it sees in the above. My Mind acknowledges that my Being doesn't see through the same eyes as yours and is, by definition, differently-motivated).
Although not that specific field, my field of expertise is, or was, very broadly related, in that it was Systems Administration, "Technical Manager", and IT Project Management. Some days, most days, all days I guess, with only the left-brain working, even if working exceptionally efficiently and well, I felt dead inside, mostly because I knew I was naturally good at it, but I also knew it didn't amount to a pinch of shit in importance or creation. For the next half (of my life), I'd like to see what the rightbrain can do (hopefully it can reintegrate the leftbrain)
I just have to subdue the Fool, and open the Moleskin to the first page perhaps...?
Cheers,
Marc