Sunday, August 1, 2010

Writing

It is time I started writing again. I need to write about life--to celebrate the mundane, the exciting, the happiness, the sadness, the good and bad. The point is that I am not getting any younger and my thoughts are not becoming any clearer. It is time I started writing again.

Although I recently heard there is enough content generated every day to fill the NYT for the next 19 years, I feel there is a significant lack in quality. There is more content, more words and thoughts are put into the world for consumption or just to exist unread by no one except the author.

Writing is an art form in my mind. It is to be approached with humility and with a dedication to the craft. At the risk of sounding pretentious, I think it is something too many people do without giving thorough thought to what they are attempting to communicate. I feel the same way about communication in general. Many words are spoken--very little is communicated, very little truth is presented and precious little understanding is gained.

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