Titles (explained) and other amusements

I was asked about the title to my previous posting as it seemed to have little to do with the content of the post. Fair enough a question to warrant a small answer I suppose. I first began thinking about the idea that I really had forgotten to remember, somewhere along the timeline of my marriage, that my wife could be a constant source of surprise,(and many, many more adjectives only a dictionary might list), about three weeks ago; give or take a few days. There are those times when I get an idea that grows into a post immediately (that’s very rare), and other times, which is most of the time, forgotten and revisited only if something reminds me of it again. This was one of those ideas that began as a fleeting thought which didn’t flee very long. It was in reality several different independent thoughts that more or less collided one day as I was wandering around in my thoughts. Like burrs on a wool sock they stuck and wouldn’t let go. And over the course of the last three weeks a trend in that thinking began to take a distinctive turn into what I could no longer ignore so I finally sat down and let the words flow and got it posted. I do admit I wasn’t totally happy with what I had written as it seemed then and now, to be missing something. But I felt really compelled to write it and get it posted before I edited it to death and never got it posted. You could probably guess that there wasn’t a lot of editing I did beyond a spell check. When I try to edit what I write, it either becomes something other than originally intended or a polished awful and usually both. That is my humble opinion. I can read other peoples writing and notice all kinds of errors and awkward sentences, but my problem with editing my writing is that I’m not able to see my writing in any way but the way I write. As a consequence, I do very little editing for fear of changing it’s meaning and my style of writing. I suppose I am saying that I write the way I think, but don’t think about the way I write. Or I write what I think about; not think about what I write. Whichever or how much of those two sentences make the most sense to you is the recommended interpretation. And if you have read this far, you now know a bit about how to bring reality into confusion. I think, therefore, I am confused.    

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