Earlier this year I would write in my journal about reaching 'continuous creativity': a state I idealised where I would always create something every day.
I've stopped idealising it as much now, as I believe its something I've reached. Although its a lot different to what I expected it to be.
I had an idea that it would involve back-to-back song writing, making collages, penning insightful essays. In actual fact its a lot messier than that. And has involved a lot of diary writing.
This is all to say, I've had a new concept pop into my head - one that I will unhealthily idolise until it simply becomes part of my life. And if it doesn't I will hang in constant limerance instead.
This idea, is that I should keep my ratio of consumption to creation at 50:50. This is not a new idea - I must have got it from somewhere right? - and doing a cursorary web search, I've found lots of pages talking about it.
I'm also sure there was an Auden essay or a T.S. Eliot essay that mentioned it but I couldn't find it earlier.
But I think it's a good principle.
The creation doesn't even have to be for anything. In fact it is better if it is not for anything. There is a certain satisfaction knowing that something you've made will never see the light of day.
Until my future grandchildren unearth some of my most sordid diary entries. (I'm sorry in advance).
And that's my half-formed thought of the day.
I also wrote a lot of words about gossip as a pro-social function - but I want to edit that a lot more before I put it anywhere.
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That's all for now - byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-}