In Praise of Procrastination
Katydid
“The Katydid’s Warning” — A Cherokee myth
Two hunters camping in the woods were preparing supper one night when a Katydid began singing near them. One of them said sneeringly, “Kû! It sings and don’t know that it will die before the season ends.” The Katydid answered: “Kû! niwï (onomatope); O, so you say; but you need not boast. You will die before to-morrow night.” The next day they were surprised by the enemy and the hunter who had sneered at the Katydid was killed.
Procrastination
Discuss.
But is it Art?
Discuss.
Assignment
Um
Er
Ah
Wait
Don’t
Sex
Sextet
Oats
None
Damn
Lichtenbergianism InAction: How Procrastination Invented the Internet
http://bigthink.com/jonathanzittrain/the-secret-to-success-the-procrastination-principal
P.S. Why is WordPress so agonizingly s l online slots o w compared to blogspot?
L.09.5: Jeff’s Five Rules for Creative Conduct
1. Don’t listen to your Inner Critic … not until you’re in the revision stage, anyway.
2. Use your Sacred Space … could be a certain time of day, a physical space like a cottage in the back yard, or even a mental space or state. Nothing “outside” gets in (finances, relationship problems, job worries, Facebook, cell phone, etc.).
3. Don’t waste a lot of time poring over stuff you’ve already done. Focus on generating new material.
4. Always, always, always back up what you do. External hard drives are good.
5. Create for yourself. Don’t try to please others.
Summer Reading
Would anyone here like to join me for a Lichtenbergian / Lacuna summer reading program? I propose a Roberto Calasso summer. I purchased Ka quite a few years ago and never quite got around to reading it, so I hope to remedy that now. What brought this on is someone at my work place putting a bunch of free books in the break room. One of the them was The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony. I immediately remembered Ka and thought … ahhhh. It is time.
But this is the type of material that BEGS discussion. I propose we read Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, followed by Ka, and then The Ruin of Kasch and, finally, K. (Notice the alliteration in the titles … not sure if that’s intentional.) This would be my first reading outside of my “Native American” obsession in years.
I don’t know if there would be any interest in this here, but there it is.
For those who don’t know anything about Calasso or these works, I trust you know what a “search engine” is. Nose around a bit and see if this interests you. It’s something I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now. Can’t wait to dive in.
Toodles.