On This Format

 I really like this format I have lit upon -- the very one I am writing in right now -- just a few paragraphs on a topic and call it done. It has served as a nice creative outlet, giving me something pleasant to do with some odd bits of free time. Sometimes the pieces are written on paper in the midst of the woods or by a lake and then typed up, but mostly they are composed in vi on a Chromebook that has been converted to run antiX, then I use Seamonkey to access my google account and paste it in[1].

I found Bluesky to be too constricting. I don't quite think in aphorisms any more, and even if you come up with something good, it gets buried. I don't need a lot of space to get my thoughts the way I like them, but certainly more than a Tweet-storm / Sky-storm (... !) can provide.

As for longer pieces, I dunno, there is just a certain pomposity to writing longer. And, yes, yes, I am sure this is one of those "eye of the beholder situations," and that even this length comes off pompous to some people[2].

Lastly (for today, at least), something about the weight of a long piece gets me, makes me not want to work on it and leads to procrastination that kills what could have been a project.

[1] To do work with photos I tend open the account on my computer running Mint that is hooked up to a TV to provide a huge screen. I do things that are visual, rather than textual, on that set up.

[2] I think of the time my cousin, who is only 4 years younger than me, asked me if I was mad at her, with the only reasoning being my text messages didn't have exclamation points... Someone like her can be conditioned into almost anything by her media environment.