17/11 Against mass society

I recently returned from a whirlwind trip east of the Mississippi involving visits with good friends, burying relatives, and meeting with assorted publishers. It was too much, too fast but did remind me of quite a few things that are easy to forget when you are working the grind. It is not easy to make time for yourself, new things, writing, or anything but plodding through and watching your sharp edges dull.

Some of the snapshots I took during that week

Singing - It is depressing that the only way most of us experience a singing voice is by watching someone else. By watching a performance. I wish I could participate in sing-a-longs where I didn't either feel like a heel or feel like the situation was embarrassingly contrived.

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