(This was not one of the requested topics)

[bironic]

Three pictures from today. Click any for bigger:

   

Garrison Keillor at a lovely 80-minute talk/recitation/hymnal/Q&A on the occasion of his new book of "light verse"; bicycle with a neat shadow; Christmas-type planter hanging from a street lamp. I liked the light.

(Keillor on writer's block: It means you're trying to write something you're not supposed to. It's for people who want to have written something.)

(Oh, the audience had such a beautiful collection of voices; the unexpected songs he led rose in the space of the church with exactly the four-part harmony he asked for.)

Still taking ideas for the posting-prompt meme.

Comments

[flywoman.livejournal.com]

I totally agree - when I want to write something, it writes itself! When I don't want to, but feel obligated for whatever reason, is when the dreaded writer's block will strike.

[bironic.livejournal.com]

The first thing I thought of was - did you ever read the book or see the movie Wonder Boys? Michael Douglas's character had this form of writer's block where he typed and typed and typed and the story went nowhere, and in the end it was because the book was crap that he shouldn't have been writing it at all.