I'm late to the table, but I really enjoyed this piece. Your reading / telling was nicely paced and east to follow. And, I really enjoyed hearing your voice. But, honestly, as a multi-tasker I found my attention wandering by 4 minutes. It is much easier for me to stay with a story reading than listening. This was interesting and worth following. I'd enjoy reading it.
Your thoughts about not having ideas, but receiving them led my thoughts to a TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert. I share as I think you would enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA
I share what you describe about multi-tasking. I have resorted to listening to podcasts, audiobooks, any audio content, for an hour before I go to sleep. It's harder to multi-task in the dark (not impossible, but harder). It has been working for me for now.
I may keep trying to narrate the odd piece from time to time, if for no other reason than to get comfortable hearing my own voice. :)
I had not seen that TEDtalk, thank you for sharing it. I have read "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and she talks about the ideas finding you, rather than the other way around in there, as does Anne Lamott in "Bird by Bird". Anne Lamott has resorted to carrying around index cards to jot down the ideas that come to her, as well as dialogue she hears, or memories that come up as she goes about her life, so she doesn't lose them by the time she gets back to her writing projects.
It's an interesting concept, and certainly takes the pressure off "coming up with something".
I'm late to the table, but I really enjoyed this piece. Your reading / telling was nicely paced and east to follow. And, I really enjoyed hearing your voice. But, honestly, as a multi-tasker I found my attention wandering by 4 minutes. It is much easier for me to stay with a story reading than listening. This was interesting and worth following. I'd enjoy reading it.
Your thoughts about not having ideas, but receiving them led my thoughts to a TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert. I share as I think you would enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA
Thank you for listening to my experiment!
I share what you describe about multi-tasking. I have resorted to listening to podcasts, audiobooks, any audio content, for an hour before I go to sleep. It's harder to multi-task in the dark (not impossible, but harder). It has been working for me for now.
I may keep trying to narrate the odd piece from time to time, if for no other reason than to get comfortable hearing my own voice. :)
I had not seen that TEDtalk, thank you for sharing it. I have read "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert, and she talks about the ideas finding you, rather than the other way around in there, as does Anne Lamott in "Bird by Bird". Anne Lamott has resorted to carrying around index cards to jot down the ideas that come to her, as well as dialogue she hears, or memories that come up as she goes about her life, so she doesn't lose them by the time she gets back to her writing projects.
It's an interesting concept, and certainly takes the pressure off "coming up with something".