Seeds of hope
Apr. 19th, 2002 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdonarkI can't believe it. My terrarium was planted
in the little mason jar on Sunday with
marigold seeds. By Thursday evening, the first sprouts have already appeared. Terraria are like
microwaves--they cook everything much faster.
We're still some weeks from the really critical part, though--will an excess of that fertilizer soil in the bottom of the jar lead to early
nitrogen burn and snuffed out 'golds?
Last night I bought another jar--this time a little water jug with fountain spigot. Will it be a wildflower mix, or will I put in tropicals?
Such trivial decisions can make my world a better place.
I am amazed at how much poetry I can write when
I set aside anxiety about its quality, and just
let flow who I am, however silly that may be.
in the little mason jar on Sunday with
marigold seeds. By Thursday evening, the first sprouts have already appeared. Terraria are like
microwaves--they cook everything much faster.
We're still some weeks from the really critical part, though--will an excess of that fertilizer soil in the bottom of the jar lead to early
nitrogen burn and snuffed out 'golds?
Last night I bought another jar--this time a little water jug with fountain spigot. Will it be a wildflower mix, or will I put in tropicals?
Such trivial decisions can make my world a better place.
I am amazed at how much poetry I can write when
I set aside anxiety about its quality, and just
let flow who I am, however silly that may be.
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Date: 2002-04-19 10:23 am (UTC)I set aside anxiety about its quality, and just
let flow who I am, however silly that may be."
That lesson was put to me in a much cruder form:
Write drunk, edit sober.
So many great writers have taken the first part of
that adage too literally, but I think that the underlying
principle is a good one. Let the creativity happen,
then do any necessary cleaning up.
Taste exists to exclude things; Genius exists to include
things. So I should think the best path to creating
something is to let Genius go first so that Taste can
have something trim up, sand on, polish ...
good post
Of course, until I learn to revise, I will still only be halfway there....
great to see y'all tonight. what a great couple of concerts....I thought it was nice of y'all to help the young fellow have a satisfying night out, and nicer still when a song got dedicated to him....I was really partial to Caroline Herring...always tough to go with folks to venues, though, because they are so non-conducive to real conversation....
tropicals!
Date: 2002-04-19 12:41 pm (UTC)Re: tropicals!
Date: 2002-04-19 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-04-19 03:12 pm (UTC)lololol
hey you sound pretty good and all inspired, good for you :) more instant karma at ya :)
Instant karma is coming to get me...
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Date: 2002-04-19 04:09 pm (UTC)By the way, your current mood of "leafy" amused me ;)
Mmmm...
Date: 2002-04-20 07:23 am (UTC)Re: Mmmm...
I once planted seeds for an assortment in May in my yard...when the flowers grew up, the marigolds captivated me...