“To be with the one I love and to think of something else: this is how I have my best ideas, how I best invent what is necessary to my work. Likewise for the text: it produces, in me, the best pleasure if it manages to make itself heard indirectly…”
This is Barthes’ observation in The Pleasure of the Text.
Why would it be the case, writer, that our best ideas come indirectly? What power lay hidden beneath our floorboards, in the back of the cupboard, waiting for us to grope and grasp at another object altogether so that we may say with surprise, ‘Look what I found’?
Reasons to Keep Writing 
You always make me wonder. Thank you
LikeLiked by 1 person
My pleasure. Thanks for reading.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Individual Valuations mysterious questions depending on the locality.
Here, then, a mysterious one dives in and stays until you find something, but it’s worth it to stay(°J°)))
LikeLiked by 1 person
It is like x-ray vision. It’s a superpower, some weird kind of clarity.
LikeLiked by 1 person
What if we want to take it out, from the realm of the mystical/magical, and examine it in cold light? Would it disappear?
LikeLiked by 2 people
I would say quite possibly. It might be a hyper state of chemical stimulation. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
I connected with this post quite strongly; some of my best ideas came from the sideways places. Try to think and you’ll lose it, but stop thinking and the idea unfolds itself.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, that’s it exactly. I wish I understood it better but if I approach it head on there’s nothing there.
LikeLiked by 2 people
I think the whole point is not to understand and to let things -or your writing- talk on their/its own. It’s more a form of listening, as opposed to asking.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ideas come from thin air. Trying to chase them is always a mistake.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I can’t help but chase them Colin. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Dreams are so much better…
LikeLiked by 1 person
When a sudden prompt to write about something nudges me, It’s those hidden little sparks thar are the most refreshing to work with. It is always a surprise to me to find out what I have to say. Your words are very inspiring, and your artwork is amazing!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes! Sometimes it is a pleasant surprise. Thank you for reading and thinking with me.
LikeLiked by 1 person
♥️
LikeLiked by 1 person
🦋
LikeLiked by 1 person
It like looking into the mind. Search at cupboard for misplaced things that turn into amazing stories. Have a great day writing ✍️
LikeLiked by 1 person
There is certain something magical in all of this. When I get stuck (as I have been lately), I go back to Elizabeth Gilbert’s book on writing, Big Magic. It reminds me to keep at it–the stories appear and connect is to something much bigger.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Do you go to something unrelated to writing and find writing there? Look for a tissue and find a poem, for example.
LikeLike
Beethoven symphonies–loud. Watching clouds. Hiking by the river or a mountain trail. Good latte in a coffee shop. Playing the violin. I think key for me is going to some other part of the brain for a while.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes. Thank you for writing Vicki.
LikeLiked by 1 person