Monthly Archives: July 2008

The mechanism of my mind

A sudden clarity: I know how my mind works. The mechanism of my ups and downs is suddenly as clear as spring water.I have declared myself a writer. What this means I wrote in yesterday’s post. To feed the fires of imagination my mind needs fuel. The fuel of imagination is inspiration. When no more

What does the statement: "I am a writer" mean?

A casual first glance could attach the meaning: earning a living by writing. This however is not only not true, it is also stupid. Earning a living by setting your thoughts on paper is coincidental. Coincidence is not even remotely involved when trying to find meaning. It’s even an opposing force to that lofty process.“I

Corrections were made

My personal proof reader (also, and vastly more important: my mother) compiled a list of mistakes she found in the stories contained in “Nu-man and other short stories“. These mistakes are now corrected and the new version of the book has been uploaded to lulu.com. In other words: you’ve had your chance of getting a

Home, sweet home.

Home is not always the place where one lives. Home sometimes isn’t even one place. Sometimes it isn’t even a place. For me it isn’t, I have established without a doubt. I have had a weekend away in a city that I fell in love with some time ago and that has brought about a