Anybody got a boat? Or some spare inspiration?
I wasn't able to go to work today due to heavy flooding not just of one of my campuses, but of a large section of the suburb in which the campus lies.
And I just got the phone call that announced said campus would still be closed on Wednesday due to a combination of factors, including a prediction for yet more rain this Wednesday.
Must rethink syllabi to deal with this set-back.
So I'm doing some reading for myself (it feels so good to do this and be able actually to concentrate well, since I'm a morning person and by 9 or 10 at night, my ability to process philosophy sinks to sad levels), trying to re-envision the last weeks of class, and wondering when I might start feeling able to write stuff again. Usually, my problem around this time of year is that I have ideas, I want to write, but I don't have time. This year, I just don't have ideas.
I've never really had a problem with writer's block before. It's not that I've never had long periods where I couldn't think of anything to write, it's just that they never really bothered me before and I was content to let the blockage dissolve on its own timeline. Now, I'm feeling bothered by the blankness.
Anybody have any suggestions for what to do? Techniques of self-deception or motivation that work?
And I just got the phone call that announced said campus would still be closed on Wednesday due to a combination of factors, including a prediction for yet more rain this Wednesday.
Must rethink syllabi to deal with this set-back.
So I'm doing some reading for myself (it feels so good to do this and be able actually to concentrate well, since I'm a morning person and by 9 or 10 at night, my ability to process philosophy sinks to sad levels), trying to re-envision the last weeks of class, and wondering when I might start feeling able to write stuff again. Usually, my problem around this time of year is that I have ideas, I want to write, but I don't have time. This year, I just don't have ideas.
I've never really had a problem with writer's block before. It's not that I've never had long periods where I couldn't think of anything to write, it's just that they never really bothered me before and I was content to let the blockage dissolve on its own timeline. Now, I'm feeling bothered by the blankness.
Anybody have any suggestions for what to do? Techniques of self-deception or motivation that work?