“The sea, calm as a millpond, without a ripple, was breathing slowly but deeply” Georges Simenon – The Mahe Circle, 1946
We don’t write well anymore because we don’t have the time to absorb our surroundings
We must
catch the train
plan the weekend
work 8 hours a day
plot an escape
cook dinner
post something online
pay the bills
When was the last time you watched clouds float across the sky
dancing in the wind
Without feeling guilty for wasting time
It is not just writing that suffers
For writing us just an expression of meaning
We lose a purpose to our toil
To our life
Without meaning from slowness all our busy efforts become unfulfilling
Georges Simenon wrote those lines more than a half a century ago in a time where there was less to do
And contemplation rather than distraction was desired
Can you find meaning looking into a millpond
You will have to try to find out
David J Campbell
Fluid writing : It could just be that I’m tired of putting in punctuation
Delete the unnecessary!
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