'Chrysalis' 24; SLOTH (on YouTube!)
It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
-Steven Pressfield, 'The War of Art'
Hey Hartlist,
Let's be clear about something; I DID "do stuff" this week. I think I actually read three (?) books. I went gluten-free (and that's the last I will be discussing it). I rewrote several scenes from IRON JOHN, myself & Jacinth Greywoode's musical I may have mentioned once or twice that is, improbably, being (virtually) produced! Right now! I cooked some stuff. And I ... didn't move much, didn't teach, barely socialized, and definitely did not so much as TOUCH my guitar.
I know. After telling you all I was taking the week off "to write". (I mean, technically, I did, just not ... songs.)
I noticed also that every time I log off of iTunes my computer helpfully asks, "Quit Music?"
And I started thinking, You know...
This is where you come in.
Friends, I think This Whole Thing might at last be getting to me, and I don't mean the gluten. I mean the big ol' Whats the Point that rears its head when things are just.... well, can you believe how things are? I mean, can you believe it? And, incredibly unfairly, usually the first aspects of my life to fall victim to What's the Point are... basically all the things I really like to do. (Again, not the gluten). Exercising. Talking to other humans. Lifting my guitar.
Hence this week's topic: Resistance. I mean, Sloth. You know how they say, If you can't beat it, lie on the floor and whine about it. Right?
A Reminder: We are on YOUTUBE this week. I don't know quite how that works yet but I will on Sunday at 4PM. See you there.
Love and Sloth,
Rebecca