symbolic 29: "waiting" -- a love song
I have a copy of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in my car. For many years I was without a car and would commute a great deal of public transportation. I still do it today, eschewing the overclogged highways of King County, Washington, for the more relaxed atmosphere of the commuter train. In the course of allowing someone else to be my carriage, I have learned the importance of having reading material on hand. You are never trapped if you have a book.
It is good to have something to do when you are waiting, and, occasionally, when you are the guy behind the wheel, you get those static moments where there is nothing to do but watch the passage of the clouds across the sky. Crammed in the narrow pocket of the driver's side door panel of my car is a copy of "The Waste Land." It'll go into each car that I own until the pages are readily falling apart, and, by that time, I should have it memorized. I'll be able to entertain myself by whispering stanzas quietly as I sit in the car, waiting.
Kind of a Prufrock moment, if you think about it.
writing
This is a reasonably comprehensive list of my published work, both virtual and physical.
THE MISFIT LIBRARY
I am Nine of Thirteen, one of the members of the Misfit Library, a writing collective which puts out a quarterly journal of our respective work. We are scattered across the globe and determined to change the face of the planet one story at a time. The link above will take you to Misfit Central where you can acquire copies of the journal as well as read exclusive online material.
SYMBOLIC
I wrote a column for OPi8.com's Transmit blogs: journals of the new dark underground. SYMBOLIC tracked the novel I was working on, referencing the process and the research materials which mad up the backbone of the work. In addition, SYMBOLIC busied itself with ruminations and considerations on the nature of language and communication. And a wee bit of mythology. The first 100 entries of SYMBOLIC can be found here on this site as well as at OPi8.com.
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