Re: CHAT: Steg's wonderful .sig (and a question)

FFlores wrote:

>Grandsire, C.A. <grandsir@...> wrote:
>
>> Sometimes I completely abandon conlanging for
>> a while to write my short stories or poems, and sometimes I do the other
>> way round, but in any case I have to feel it right to do it. It's a kind
>> of "compulsive" behaviour I think. Do others among you have also this
>> kind of behaviour?
>
>I do. It applies to conlanging, to conculturing, to writing, and
>some other related creative hobbies (and subjects within those!).
>In Spanish we call them _rachas_, i. e. lapses of time (several
>days) during which everything seems to be fine and run smooth for
>a particular activity, while you "don't have time" for others...
>Unfortunately, _rachas_ usually have in common the fact that they
>wear out pretty soon and fade quickly, and sometimes it takes a
>month to catch another one. Call it an inspiration pit, if you
>like. :-(
    Same for me. In addition, sometimes I will have the
opportunity/resources for one of my creative interests
when I am under the influence of another one
for which I don't have the opportunity or resources.
In that case, nothing whatsoever gets done.  :-(
When it all comes together it's very _very_ good. But when it
doesn't ...    :-P

Dan Sulani
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