Writing

A visiting friend asked me if I still keep a blog. The answer is yes, but I don't write as often as I did in Japan and in the year immediately after JET. The reason being I have been busy with school and then work. But I begin to think there is another reason--that writing is essentially an undertaking best done in a quiet and solitary environment.

Virginia Woolf talked about a room of one's own. When you're working or in school or doing homestay, you are not really alone. Not that being in school or working is bad, far from it both are beneficial life experiences. Solitude is not isolation or misanthropy, it is about being able to step away from the hustle and demand of everyday life, be in a place where you can call home, maybe with a nice cup of coffee or glass of wine, and most importantly without any immediate mundane obligations hanging over you. Then can you start to collect your thoughts and put something down.