afraid of a blank template, are we? so out of practice. don't you hate it when you start writing after a long hiatus -- really long -- and feel like you don't have your voice or don't have anything to say? of course there are the usual things, but average is so ordinary and everyone gets that when they're not in front of the sensational box. i mean tv. one week without tv, have you tried it? i heard the radio interview of a man who decided he and his family would go one week without tv, as if it were food or water, or some kind of real challenge. but it is... and he said the first thing you realize is how much time you have. how much less hectic life becomes. as long as i have books and canvas and white paint i think i'll be fine. who am i kidding. i lived for a year without tv. it's a companion for people who are lonely. it's an excuse to stay inside. it sensationalizes daily life and makes yours feel inadequate. makes you expect something other than what you have, perhaps. people become friends with their tv show characters. emulate them, want to be them. they come up in casual conversation and what i was trying to say was, tv does your thinking for you. even in casual conversation. talk about your shows. what else is there to say?
"wipe your hand across your mouth and laugh. the worlds revolve like ancient women gathering fuel in vacant lots." - thomas stearns eliot, from preludes
[i really need to start reading poetry again]
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