When you have a wide range of interests, you are allowed to also present a big bouquet. But the voice needs to be extra well-formulated – eloquent.
I am very happy to be a writer who is free and not academically confined to the prison cells of formalia and editorial insularity. I guess they serve a purpose: archiving fragments of reality, more or less filtered. Myself, I prefer to roam in that reality proper; indulging in what pleases me the most.
If presented with eloquence, such subjective morsels can actually acquire objective value: as entertainment, as inspiration, as information, etc. But style alone is not enough – there needs to be a genuinely curious mind that filters these initial impressions and turns them into exciting expressions.
Yes, undoubtedly this can be done mainly to please oneself. Creative indulgences based in the “ego” are often more passionate and engaging than any formal attempts at institutionalised “objectivity.”
Everyone fits in somewhere, I guess. I prefer to fit into my own armchair (so far, so good). My own bouquet is lovely and there is much to write about.
August 26th, 2019. “23 reasons to celebrate.”
