While reflecting on what I was hoping to accomplish through this blog, I have mixed feelings. I’m glad that I’ve been able to post relatively consistently, albeit a very short period of time, but I still haven’t captured the direction I was hoping to go in.
The posts have mainly explicated theories on how I think different things work in the abstract. Although this is what I want to write about, it is only part of what I am trying to accomplish. I’d like this blog to draw out abstract explanations from an extremely personal point of view. The current distance between my internal thought process and external postulations is something I’d like to destroy. Granted, there will always be a distance because of the limitations and differences between thought and communication, but I’d certainly like to bring the two much closer together.
That being said, this is not easy. Such directness can run the risk of being convoluted or uninteresting. I want more rawness but not at the expense of clarity. I recognize that the conceptual point I’m trying to make is easier shown than explained. In the coming weeks I hope there will be a shift in tone and perspective on the blog. Whether this will be for the better is yet to be seen.
The entry reminds me of the Rogan podcast the other week where Joe had a line along the lines of good comedians let your understand their thought process and that is what is funny.
ReplyDeleteFive posts after writing this do you feel you've been more successful? Explaining the abstract from an extremely personal point of view is f-ing hard but I've enjoyed reading. Keep it up hommie.
Hola Pat. Whether it's stand-up comedy, writing, music, etc., I think the key is finding your distinct voice. I think I've improved, but I'm certainly nowhere near where I would like to be. Years of education have systematically destroyed my natural writing style -- I don't think it can be reversed overnight.
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