Why Don't I Write More
Writing is a noble art. I can write, even though it may not be polished, but I don't do much of it. Why? Here are some plausible explanations. I have nothing to say? Nobody cares about what I write? After all are doesn't writing mean there is reading? Is it because it is too difficult? I don't have time? I am not really sure.
Let's examine each of these excuses for a second. I have nothing to say. I have many opinions, biases, conclusions, and beliefs that roll around often unexamined and accepted as truths, but go unspoken or described on paper. The act of placing them in print requires some amount of examination, work that evidentially I find tedious and unnecessary. It seems to me that it is a good thing to attempt to put a rational dialogue around an idea that will lend firmness to its existence. Perhaps writing a paragraph or two on a subject I find interesting and where I have some element of understanding is a beneficial exercise regardless of its worthiness of it being said.
OK what about the others? "Nobody cares what I write". Do artists consider this question when they paint? I am not sure but I doubt it. They probably have a vision and drag out the brushes. Is it too difficult? It is easy to do a mediocre piece, but I find it difficult to do good job. It is a hard thing to write, read, rewrite, several times until the words and ideas flow smoothly across the page. Of all this reason I don't write more this one is probably in first place. I don't have time surely in the last place. Not that I have an abundance of time, but that I have time that I waste on other things of which I could direct towards working on a sentence, paragraph, or page. So having no time does not pass the test of reasonableness and, therefore, is not a real excuse.
The conclusion I reach is that none of the excuses or "reasons" are valid. I need to do more writing to get better and more self confident at it. With that in mind I pledge to write every day in some form or fashion. If anybody besides me cares.
