When I first borrowed "Marc is not here" from the Hagues' Alphabears (1984), some twenty-odd years ago, it was a bid for creative space. I drew a sign and hung it on my door, just like Marc in the picture, to keep inquisitive visitors (a.k.a. my siblings) at bay. But unlike Marc in the picture, I wasn't merely hiding; I was making things. When my project was finished, my siblings could come in again. Though I needed the alone space to work, there wasn't any point in being creative without an eventual audience.
This blog is a creative space, for an eventual audience. I still make things, but in the main I want to discipline myself to write things: to write things out, to practice herding, sorting and pruning my ideas into marketable shape. The things to be written are mainly research interests, books and such - things that might end up in lectures or conversations someday. But for now, the audience is on the other side of the door.
This blog is a creative space, for an eventual audience. I still make things, but in the main I want to discipline myself to write things: to write things out, to practice herding, sorting and pruning my ideas into marketable shape. The things to be written are mainly research interests, books and such - things that might end up in lectures or conversations someday. But for now, the audience is on the other side of the door.
