How to Disappear Completely

I've had a couple of real shit weeks. In all the years I've been with my company, the last two weeks have been, by far, the worst I've ever had to endure. I don't know what else to say about it as complaining won't help. Once I've pulled myself out of the mire, maybe I can opine on how I dealt with things. Just in survival mode now.

Noise

I caught this on one of the blogs I read. It's attributed to a woman...a filmmaker...who killed herself earlier this month. I know nothing about the woman, so I can't speak of her. I do know, however, that just by the mere idea of this quote, that it appears there's been a loss of some significance in the world:

"A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens--second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths."

I also caught this from CopyBlogger:

10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer

 1. Write.
 2. Write more.
 3. Write even more.
 4. Write even more than that.
 5. Write when you don’t want to.
 6. Write when you do.
 7. Write when you have something to say.
 8. Write when you don’t.
 9. Write all the time.
10. Keep writing.

Considering both of these quotes, I will make an effort to continue. I will write, even when I can't, don't want to, and have nothing to say. I can only hope that what I write falls somewhere in between the two extremes. Lucky you.