Notes to Self
Life updates because it's important to write for the sake of memory.
Have been reading Donald Richie's journals accumulated from over six decades in Japan. Erotic, evocative, beautiful. He sketches so well a mood or a character within the space of a paragraph or two.
Realized that I'm working on a lot these days, parallel endeavors that seem only vaguely interrelated yet make sense in the context of the greater whole - that is, my being. Learning Japanese. Finishing up a book translation that will be out in the world through a major publisher in 2019. Starting another translation project, this one shorter and for theater. Continuing to hammer away at a novel manuscript, or rather, finding different angles of approach, narrowing focus, learning to exert control. Reviewing and editing submissions for the literary journal. Thinking about a side project on food writing. Preparing to teach again in the fall.
Amid all this, working a full-time job, finally in a position that is comfortable and fulfilling and engaging in a way that allows me to envision a career path. Living with my partner and two cats. It's a happy life.
I have made a lot of effort to find or create this happiness for myself.
Have been reading Donald Richie's journals accumulated from over six decades in Japan. Erotic, evocative, beautiful. He sketches so well a mood or a character within the space of a paragraph or two.
Realized that I'm working on a lot these days, parallel endeavors that seem only vaguely interrelated yet make sense in the context of the greater whole - that is, my being. Learning Japanese. Finishing up a book translation that will be out in the world through a major publisher in 2019. Starting another translation project, this one shorter and for theater. Continuing to hammer away at a novel manuscript, or rather, finding different angles of approach, narrowing focus, learning to exert control. Reviewing and editing submissions for the literary journal. Thinking about a side project on food writing. Preparing to teach again in the fall.
Amid all this, working a full-time job, finally in a position that is comfortable and fulfilling and engaging in a way that allows me to envision a career path. Living with my partner and two cats. It's a happy life.
I have made a lot of effort to find or create this happiness for myself.