The best places to write..

I've discovered that the best places to write, are places that don't have a computer or writing implements of any kind. For example, most of my epiphanies seem to come in the shower, on the toilet, or half asleep in bed. Sometimes I even have a killer thought that I just have to get down while I'm out for a walk or jog. Needless to say, it's usually the one time I forget my phone or simply leave it behind so I'm not distracted.

That said - could it be that all these tools that I surround myself with to spontaneously record these moments of conception and artistic expression, simply stifle the very thoughts they are meant to immortalise. I reckon that the answer is a resounding YES!

Much like Schrödinger's Cat is the illusive maelstrom of ideas and absolute Genius flowing about in my head. When I do remember something just long enough to eek out that little taste of something, it's usually stripped of context, and ultimately regressed to a state of absolutely ordinary.

I have been having some pretty cool dreams lately. Y'know - the kind where you can slide or float places. Where, even though it takes a bit of concentration, it seems so simple to do that you wonder why everyone in your dream isn't doing it. Dreams where I feel a comfort and assurance, paired with an authority and understanding that can't be matched in this waking world.

I've even tried drawing. I can draw simple shapes and such, but I always come up a blank when there's a bit of paper in front and pencil in hand.

So there you have it.. the ubiquitous blog post. Writing about not being able to write.
-len