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Thinking...
Jan. 19th, 2012 12:31 pm...I really need to go on a retreat. Not sure when or where, but I'm sure it would do me a world of good...
Jan. 19th, 2012
Writer's Block: First Amendment
Jan. 19th, 2012 02:01 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
When I first saw this question, I thought, "I can't actually think of an answer to that," and then I realised that that was kind of the point. I've grown up in a culture, a society, a nation, where freedom of speech - within certain legal parameters (i.e., no libel, no slander) and social parameters (i.e., it's not clever to be needlessly offensive to someone) - is a given. It's like breathing, it's just totally ingrained in our civilisation. I can't imagine what it would be like to live without being able to breathe; and I can't imagine what it would be like to live without being able to freely express myself.
When I first saw this question, I thought, "I can't actually think of an answer to that," and then I realised that that was kind of the point. I've grown up in a culture, a society, a nation, where freedom of speech - within certain legal parameters (i.e., no libel, no slander) and social parameters (i.e., it's not clever to be needlessly offensive to someone) - is a given. It's like breathing, it's just totally ingrained in our civilisation. I can't imagine what it would be like to live without being able to breathe; and I can't imagine what it would be like to live without being able to freely express myself.
Writer's Block: Recipe for Success
Jan. 19th, 2012 02:02 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
That rather depends what you want to be successful at, and what the criteria are for success within that particular field.
(This may be one of the most meaningless Writer's Block questions I've read.)
That rather depends what you want to be successful at, and what the criteria are for success within that particular field.
(This may be one of the most meaningless Writer's Block questions I've read.)