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WEEK 9 - DAILY PAGE 1
I've been wondering why I find it so hard to add to something, to make a piece longer than the several pages that it takes as vignette, a framed idea. What experiences have I had that can't be expressed in a few sentences? Recalling exhaustive detail is just that--exhaustive--and I don't see why it's ultimately necessary other than in summary. As with all the examples, there's always either one long, engrossing event [none of which I have are particularly meaningful], or a series of interesting events that somehow go together. I'm still having trouble with the latter, finding things to string together.
I suppose it shouldn't be hard, to relate moments from your life like James Baldwin does, but the trouble in portraying my particular outlook on life is that it's so familiar to myself that I don't notice what parts would be "interesting". If I notice a potentially "interesting" thread, I have trouble remembering things about it that would explain it, because they're already so ingrained in my psyche--it's like trying to describe Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights to someone who is blind and is unfamiliar with painting. Where do I start? How do I start? Do I explain the technicalities [format, medium, color, method] is first, or do I begin with the the subject origin? And if I'm supposed settle on one of those, I wonder what I'm supposed to do if my memory is incompl--
BLAHBLAHBLAH. This is just one long excuse on how I can't seem to have anything to write about my parents on. How can I articulate unconditional love and filial piety?
I've been wondering why I find it so hard to add to something, to make a piece longer than the several pages that it takes as vignette, a framed idea. What experiences have I had that can't be expressed in a few sentences? Recalling exhaustive detail is just that--exhaustive--and I don't see why it's ultimately necessary other than in summary. As with all the examples, there's always either one long, engrossing event [none of which I have are particularly meaningful], or a series of interesting events that somehow go together. I'm still having trouble with the latter, finding things to string together.
I suppose it shouldn't be hard, to relate moments from your life like James Baldwin does, but the trouble in portraying my particular outlook on life is that it's so familiar to myself that I don't notice what parts would be "interesting". If I notice a potentially "interesting" thread, I have trouble remembering things about it that would explain it, because they're already so ingrained in my psyche--it's like trying to describe Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights to someone who is blind and is unfamiliar with painting. Where do I start? How do I start? Do I explain the technicalities [format, medium, color, method] is first, or do I begin with the the subject origin? And if I'm supposed settle on one of those, I wonder what I'm supposed to do if my memory is incompl--
BLAHBLAHBLAH. This is just one long excuse on how I can't seem to have anything to write about my parents on. How can I articulate unconditional love and filial piety?