“You see, there’s something else I’m going to do, something I must do – only I don’t know what it is. That’s why I go round painting and taping and drawing and writing and that, because it may be one of them. All I know is, this isn’t it for me.”
– John Lennon, quoted in John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
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“I don’t know what else to do so I write. It’s my way of seeing the world.”
– Jim Harrison, quoted in Conversations with Jim Harrison, edited by Robert DeMott
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Who am I? What do I want to achieve? How should I spend my days? What is my purpose?
All great questions, if a little ambitious.
Mostly I answer with ignorance and uncertainty.
Then I try to get closer to a more precise answer by uncovering what others have got to say.
I read and write as a sort of quest: I am seeking some meaning and some structure to my life.
This journey has been haphazard and would be frustratingly imprecise for another to follow in my steps.
But it’s the only way I know how.
I’m leaning in to what makes my brain light up.
It’s mostly discovery generated from curiosity.
All my thoughts appear as small pieces; I’ve not found enough to see a pattern emerging, but nothing I have learnt so far has put me off my pursuit.
I will keep seeking, observing, gathering, and reflecting.
Perhaps the most useful lesson has been the power of sharing these discoveries.
Even if nobody reads this, its composition has helped me to gain a little clarity.
I’ve put something new in my box of knowledge and can now dive back into infinity.
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