New motto
They keep coming in: e-mails either asking me to explain the edgier nature of my latest material or e-mails thanking me for the edgier nature of my latest material. Too funny.
Perhaps my new personal motto will help clarify the situation; then again, perhaps not. My new motto?
Big difference.
Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 08:03 AM
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embarassed to have to ask says...
Your new motto sounds good but it doesn’t make any sense. Does it?
Posted on 02/08/2006 at 10:55 AM
John Thomas says...
Reminds me of a line from the movie “Mystery Men” about a character called The Sphinx who keeps spouting philosophical comments. The other character said, “Wow, he’s so deep he’s.... confusing.”
Posted on 02/08/2006 at 11:01 AM
Sean Woodruff says...
And, when your readers take the difference and make sense of it they will realize a change.
Change = Difference + Sense
Posted on 02/08/2006 at 11:50 AM
Blair Warren says...
Note to “embarrassed”:
Have you ever seen those pictures that seem to “change” when you look at them? They look like one thing, then, all of a sudden, bam, you see them in a totally different way. Well…
I try to make much of my writing like that. No matter how one of my articles seems at first, or where you think it’s going, there is often a surprise or two just waiting to be discovered.
Yes, this may make it more “confusing” at times, but I think it also makes it more interesting and “sticky” (i.e. likely to be remembered) than dry, proper pose. And if my work is to make a difference, it must first make an impression.
So, if you don’t get something in one of my posts, keep looking. One minute you may be seeing an “old hag” and the next, a “young woman” will appear.
And when she does, if her name is Halle, ask her to call me.
Posted on 02/08/2006 at 01:38 PM
REX says...
“SAVE THE WHALES”
Hmmm… another person trying to make a difference. But why?
These days it seems that no matter what you face, you have to make it different.
Why is this?
At one point I suspected it was because “making a difference” equated making an improvement.The problem is, you can poorly improve those things you don’t thouroughly understand.
Paradoxically, once you improve your understanding and not focusing on the urge to modify, change (and most importantly, the right change) follows up naturally, wisely, and effectively.
However, I suspect that a deeper motivation for “making a difference” is the secret need to “leaving a mark in the world” (read it: my ego wants to survive).“I don’t care what it is, I’ll change it so I can put my signature on it...the bigger the modification the better”
Just for a change, lets not blindly pursue it for its own sake. Lets focus on our true and meaningful reasons for change.
I don’t really think the world will be much different without the whales.
When was the last time you saw one anyways?
But my pizza without anchovies will be a tragedy.“SCREW THE WHALES. SAVE THE ANCHOVIES”
Posted on 02/17/2006 at 12:49 PM
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