i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
9:56 PM: media monk
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shoot! i forgot that tomorrow begins the artist's way reading deprivation task! except in a group it tends to be modified as "media" deprivation: no reading, tv/movies, or music for a week. i soften it by thinking of it as "fasting," which seems more noble & spiritual. but whatever i call it, it's tough! it includes... *gulp* blogs! and no ipod or rendezvous sharing at work! aeiieeeee! and no casual email. :( the point is that if you're forced to stop consuming other people's art, you might find yourself actually making your own. or you'll learn to do it discriminately if you're not just reading the back of the cereal box in order to have something to read. or you'll learn to interact with the world around you if you're not distracted by the lure of words. you'll do something, anything.
so i'm about to be underground for a while. i'm listening to "lakme" right now in consolation. and doing a last-minute blog check. :)