12-14-2016, 07:29 AM
I've always felt, not known but felt, that I have no technical skills. But I want to write anyway. But I don't want to be one of the sorry suckers who self-publish and go around getting suckered by suckers who aren't suckers tricking you into believing you're a sucker who's been sucked in by suckers you don't know are suckers. In a similar fashion, when it comes to comments, I don't get what people are talking about. Somebody could say something as simple as 2 plus 2 equals 4, and in that moment, it wouldn't make any sense to me. And along those lines, I'll just say that I don't know anything after I write a poem or a story. Which is a long-winded, roundabout way of saying I don't really know anything. I improvise in the moment, and that's about it. I have never read Shakespeare in my life, but if you mention him in conversation I can quote from him and go deep into analysis of his work for ten hours straight or at least until I fall asleep. And that's what I always mean to say: I wrote
before I ever read. And that's not a self compliment. It's just to say, my philosophy is just to make stuff up and get concerned about it later. . . . My work plan is to say something that doesn't make sense, and a few years later say something that makes it, and everything else in the world, in that connection, make sense.
before I ever read. And that's not a self compliment. It's just to say, my philosophy is just to make stuff up and get concerned about it later. . . . My work plan is to say something that doesn't make sense, and a few years later say something that makes it, and everything else in the world, in that connection, make sense.