I read Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos again. š
Took so many notes and quotes from this today, which I always think I am going to do with books like this but rarely ever do. Learning to be more deliberate and thorough about my reading and writing, I hope.
Having a lot of thoughts from this book in regards to writing: why and what I should write, and the intersection of her framing of writing as a way of life or a spiritual practice with me feeling a push to get back into blogging here on this website or get involved with social media again. Her framing of writing as a life practice feels right to me, it is a religious practice I could join; so then the question becomes not whether to write but whether to share my writing, and where, when, and why. Hopefully I can sort it all out through writing soon, and I might share it here, depending on how it turns out?
The first key is that I need to be patient with myself and do it all on my own time, not get caught up in the need to generate “consistent content” or such nonsense. Not publish the first words that come over the keyboard onto the screen, though I am doing that right now.
Past Log Updates
DATE : 2024-11-07
Started reading Body Work by Melissa Febos. Read the first essay, in defense of navel-gazingā¦great arguments for personal writing, that it is actually political writing, that it is belittled and suppressed for real reasons, speaking truth to power, bearing witness, etc.