Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solstice Moon<\/p>\n
I’ve let the creative writing business slide for a couple of weeks, just got out of the rhythm with garden and other matters. \u00a0That Loft class starts in three weeks and I want to get further along in my revision before then.<\/p>\n
Been reading information about learning plateaus, as I wrote below and I’m certainly on a plateau in both the writing and the Latin right now. \u00a0Just plugging away. \u00a0Read a piece drawing on work in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest that suggested embracing the struggle, the sameness, the lack of progress or even the regression. \u00a0Makes sense to me. \u00a0When I can remember it.<\/p>\n
It’s easy for me to fall into the despair trap. \u00a0The one where lack of progress proves lack of talent, lack of smarts, lack. \u00a0I fell into it for several years with the writing. \u00a0I had this mindset, either you’re doing it or you’re not. \u00a0Obviously not true. \u00a0Learning anything takes time, often lots of time. \u00a0That 10,000 hours stuff, I don’t know about that, but it does take a long time to get good at anything.<\/p>\n
(Dreamer of Dreams, Edmund Dulac)<\/p>\n
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Beltane \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solstice Moon I’ve let the creative writing business slide for a couple of weeks, just got out of the … Continue reading Getting Good<\/span>