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

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 9, 1999, 9:28
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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a. A word is an awesome thing.