Sunday 30 January 2011
Write: Jan 30th
I began writing a little more for my holiday story, there's not a lot to be said about it really. It's not nearly ready to be written properly, let alone read!
Read: Jan 30th - Anna Karenina
I read some more of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina this morning. I do find the formal, older-style English a lot harder to read quickly or with ease. Despite that I was taken in by a paragraph:
"Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves, just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat, but simply took those that were being worn."
The idea that out opinions, views, tastes, fashions are all created by someone else isn't entirely new. Socialisation and the general act of upbringing has been something I've studied. I haven't, however, thought of the world in quite this way before.
The idea that a person's political views are simply forced upon them because there are limited options, like clothes, is quite stark.
I know that my general views on politics and the like are too complex to really matter in this respect. But clothing, it really is something I have an issue with and the limits of it frustrate me to no end.
"Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had come to him of themselves, just as he did not choose the shapes of his hat and coat, but simply took those that were being worn."
The idea that out opinions, views, tastes, fashions are all created by someone else isn't entirely new. Socialisation and the general act of upbringing has been something I've studied. I haven't, however, thought of the world in quite this way before.
The idea that a person's political views are simply forced upon them because there are limited options, like clothes, is quite stark.
I know that my general views on politics and the like are too complex to really matter in this respect. But clothing, it really is something I have an issue with and the limits of it frustrate me to no end.
Write: Jan 29th - holiday
I've been working on this holiday fic again, only basic ideas and a little bit of prose from later in the story. It needs work, the whole idea needs a proper plan!
Read: Jan 29th - blog of blogs
Well, what I've read today isn't really a blog of blogs but it feels like it.
It all started when I saw a retweet on Twitter from one of the few fantastic writing accounts. What I was linked to was a blog and not just any blog but a blog that then linked me onto perhaps the greatest resource ever invented for a writer.
http://hiveword.com/wkb/search
A search engine that doesn't pick up a 'POV' search by giving you Wikipedia links for cars, or what not. No, it's a search engine dedicates solely to the great, work of art, that is writing.
I'm amazed and very happy. I must never lose this website, genius concept! About 1500 blogs all in one place...wow.
It all started when I saw a retweet on Twitter from one of the few fantastic writing accounts. What I was linked to was a blog and not just any blog but a blog that then linked me onto perhaps the greatest resource ever invented for a writer.
http://hiveword.com/wkb/search
A search engine that doesn't pick up a 'POV' search by giving you Wikipedia links for cars, or what not. No, it's a search engine dedicates solely to the great, work of art, that is writing.
I'm amazed and very happy. I must never lose this website, genius concept! About 1500 blogs all in one place...wow.
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