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Near-art .. I like that term.

The temptation would be to smash the pottery which would give more satisfaction than the puny action of hitting a delete button

posted by beachbelle on November 29, 2004 at 7:37 AM | link to this | reply

Decshak

It's tough when everyone thinks we are perfect. I expect when I do slip up some time that will be the only thing they will remember forever after

posted by beachbelle on November 29, 2004 at 7:35 AM | link to this | reply

Oh. And being the "last check" embarrassed me one day.

I was a typesetter, both for a journal and for the university's school newspaper.  I could type so well and so fast that, apparently, they skipped proofreading me when they got busy or something.  One day, nobody proofread my typing and some typos got onto the front page.  I love to type well and quickly but typing too well and too quickly made them lax.  I don't know how you can warn them, other than watching them make this mistake, once....

posted by _Decshak on November 29, 2004 at 7:15 AM | link to this | reply

Your frustration, expressed this day, reminds me of a pottery room I

used to like to visit at night in the art building of our university.  When no one is there at night, and all that you can see are the potters' wheels, stools, the kilns, and some of the pots lined up on shelves.  These are not the finished pots, because those have been whisked away to some finer place....  Your frustration sounds like what I imagine those absent potters must feel about their art, in the middle of striving to create it.  It's like having a small window onto what lies behind the urge to create....  I actually have a special kind of relationship with the dumpsters outside the art building, at night in June, after school has let out for the year because there are some wonderful works of near-art residing in those dumpsters then....

posted by _Decshak on November 29, 2004 at 7:10 AM | link to this | reply

McNab. If they can't find fault with my work they are not paying attention

I have learned to be concerned when a paper changes nothing. It means I am the last check. Worrying indeed!

posted by beachbelle on November 25, 2004 at 1:11 PM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

In your next blog you tell us that the editor publishes your articles virtually whithout any changes, beachbelle.   If an editor doesn't change your articles, what right have we amateurs, to do so? 

posted by johnmacnab on November 25, 2004 at 11:02 AM | link to this | reply

Oceandancer. You are absolutely correct. I invest too much

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:38 PM | link to this | reply

Odysseus

A poem in this mood? I'll wait and perhaps revive the beach series.

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:38 PM | link to this | reply

Ginnie

I do write a helluva lot about myself..I always think too much.

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:36 PM | link to this | reply

Klara

Sometimes it is worth tearing up the songsheet and starting over. But you can't get to that point unless you have written a song before so yes nothing is wasted. Sometimes the eyes and ears of the audience are unquestioning. Thank you

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:35 PM | link to this | reply

Deemer

Perhaps you are right ...short-termism is never good. Thanks

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:30 PM | link to this | reply

MerryAnne

I don't see it that way - I am not better. We are all at different points on the life washing cycle. I just feel a bit spun out.

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:29 PM | link to this | reply

Horus

Maybe it is trying to control too much which is the problem

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:25 PM | link to this | reply

Wiley, I don't feel bad within myself. Not at all

Sometimes we hit walls.
Thanks.

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:24 PM | link to this | reply

Telynor

I think sometimes we want a few signposts but I will get out my shovel

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:23 PM | link to this | reply

Temple... yes I do think too much

posted by beachbelle on November 24, 2004 at 12:21 PM | link to this | reply

Bella,

I simply view it as what we talked about in an earlier blog. You can't put your best writing here because it's going somewhere else. Doesn't mean casual writing ain't worth the space. Makes us all think and comment.

posted by Oceandancer on November 24, 2004 at 10:25 AM | link to this | reply

And still no poem....

.........

posted by telemachus on November 24, 2004 at 9:24 AM | link to this | reply

Hey beach...love ya..but here's a suggestion...maybe tell us more about you...a little more disclosure..just a thought..you asked for suggestions! ;)

posted by ginnieb on November 24, 2004 at 7:36 AM | link to this | reply

You find more grey areas than I do, Beach.

If people are reading, I consider it a good job. If they are not, it's a bad job. For me at least. No writing is ever a waste if we view ourselves as writers. That's my view of myself. You alone have to make the peace you need with whatever you put out. No one else can do that. How's that for honesty???

posted by KlaraRoberts on November 24, 2004 at 7:04 AM | link to this | reply

Maybe you are forgetting your spiritual reason for living... so it then it ALL, for all of us - comes up short.

posted by cmoe on November 24, 2004 at 6:38 AM | link to this | reply

Hmmmm

what an interesting persepective. Esp. since the "crap" you write is way better than my best stuff..... I'll be over in the corner burning my PC now.

posted by MerryAnne on November 24, 2004 at 5:21 AM | link to this | reply

beachbelle

I know the feeling - even though I am not a professional writer. Often, I aske myself, when one writes, who is really writing? I am nearly convinced that there some magic in this art, some thing that is not always under our control. Cheers.

posted by Lucifero on November 24, 2004 at 3:11 AM | link to this | reply

I hope you are ok?....take it easy

posted by _Symphony_ on November 24, 2004 at 1:40 AM | link to this | reply

ummmm, beach?

You'll feel better in a day or two...

posted by Wildwoman_Laloba on November 23, 2004 at 10:36 PM | link to this | reply

Beachbelle

Stop that you hear me girl?

You do good for people even when you don't realize it. 

For me tonight, you reminded me how many times you have helped to break my lonliness, and showed me that even the VERY BEST on here are human like me. Bless your days woman

posted by WileyJohn on November 23, 2004 at 9:58 PM | link to this | reply

Sometimes we hit road bumps. I read folks around here because it gives me hope that someday that my life will get better, that my depression will be a thing of the past. So just dig a bit deep and go for it.

posted by telynor on November 23, 2004 at 9:37 PM | link to this | reply

Bella....

Just stop thinking, go crazy, break free....write write write....show us, come on....

posted by Temple on November 23, 2004 at 9:24 PM | link to this | reply

belle

I agree with the comment below. We expect more from you because you have it to give. I am a blogger in training, not even a writer yet. Give us some stuff to follow~~You have it.
 

posted by Justi on November 23, 2004 at 9:10 PM | link to this | reply

Well get to it woman!

Show us the real you and stop with the bitching already! :)

posted by Temple on November 23, 2004 at 8:59 PM | link to this | reply