Comments | jonsan: Desperate Need to Write

jonsan

Desperate Need to Write

Jun 01, 2008 23:31

So, I feel an urgent need to write. Not sure why. I don't feel any inspiration while looking at the few writing projects I have underway, so a short LJ post will suffice.

Read Shadow Unit yet? No?! Go and be amazed. A new media is, if not born, then seriously advanced. Makes me want to create a serial narrative with a small group of contributors. ( Read more... )

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zxhrue June 2 2008, 20:43:40 UTC

'Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.'

Madison Smartt Bell. 1988. 'Customs of the Country'.

jonsan June 3 2008, 01:00:16 UTC

I'm a believer in redemption, but I'm also a fan of the Angel series. So rather than a score that balances, redemption ends up being a process, never ending.

I met a girl the other night (I think I related some of the story to you earlier) who was utterly broken. I kept getting little...flashes or pings or itches, not sure how to describe...years ago I would have worked desperately to interject myself into her drama in an attempt to help. But I just offered her all the help I could realistically provide, and only extended it when she requested. When she asked if I thought she was crazy I told her I do my best not to judge, and that she was obviously dealing with experiences and trauma that could cripple the best of us. Part of me was also constantly self-monitoring though, keeping myself at a certain distance, in case I could catch her sickness. I suppose having a family requires a little selfishness of that variety.

Not sure why your quote provoked such a lengthy response, but there it is.

zxhrue June 3 2008, 01:47:14 UTC

There is no score to be balanced :) But yeah, redemption is a life-long day by day process, kinda like AA.

I'm kind of intrigued by your 'keeping myself at a certain distance, in case I could catch her sickness' -- do you really think that you (with a partner and dependents) could be susceptible to such pleas? Or was it just a turn of speech?

zxhrue June 3 2008, 01:50:39 UTC

Oh, and to reinforce. While I have met numerous enough souls who only ever made the one mistake, most sinners were recidivists who willfully erred at every opportunity.

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