While writing my previous post I realized that I have the ability now to write a whole book about what some might consider nothing. What gave me this idea was thinking about how I could write 50 thousand words about not being able to write.
Am I going to? Probably not. But I could. And you know what? If I ever find myself with nothing to write about then that's what I'll do instead of not writing. I'd rather write about not being able to write than not write at all, which is a big difference then when I first started or even a year ago.
Back then I saw
Writing
less as an artistic act and more as a product creating mechanism. I was obsessed with with writing only 'good' things and so could only write when I thought I was working on something good or if I was too inspired to not notice that I was writing trash.
This is a dangerous way to write or perform any craft though. Because skill and quality are like horizons. No matter how good you get you'll always change your stance on what you consider good or bad. So if you chain your practice to judgment you'll limit progress and ironically never become that good.
