"For my own Part, I swam as Fortune directed me, and was pushed forward
by Wind and Tide. I often let my Legs drop, and could feel no Bottom:
but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found
myself within my Depth... I lay down on the Grass, which was very short
and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my
Life, and, as I reckoned, above Nine Hours; for when I awakened, it was
just Day-light. I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir."
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
handwriting in the technological revolution
I've just finished writing a note..
It has been some time since I've handwritten such a thing, and nothing so important as this..It is very difficult to make sense of parts of it because there tends to be so much swirling in my brain that sometimes it doesn't come out right in the first draft.* (Thank you Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and whoever else invented computers and word processing programs. It is much easier to be in perfect communication with a delete key close at hand.) On average, when I write something important, it usually takes a good bit of time, proofing and reproofing. I want to precisely convey how I feel and be as honest as possible.
I don't think of myself as a great writer, but with a little fuel and a delete key, I do alright for myself when the mood strikes...
* Except I have a run on sentence tick..
It has been some time since I've handwritten such a thing, and nothing so important as this..It is very difficult to make sense of parts of it because there tends to be so much swirling in my brain that sometimes it doesn't come out right in the first draft.* (Thank you Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and whoever else invented computers and word processing programs. It is much easier to be in perfect communication with a delete key close at hand.) On average, when I write something important, it usually takes a good bit of time, proofing and reproofing. I want to precisely convey how I feel and be as honest as possible.
I don't think of myself as a great writer, but with a little fuel and a delete key, I do alright for myself when the mood strikes...
* Except I have a run on sentence tick..
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