Its curious how aligned my life seems to be with each major writing assignment I have for my english class. My next impending paper due is turning out to be about living in myth (the first two sentences of my last post are from my notes for my paper), our human need for story in order to make sense of the chaos in the minute details of our lives, and the need to deconstruct and revise those stories when they turn out to be too simplistic, when the outcomes they purport don't align with reality. The revision involves looking at the whole picture, which can be messy and tends to complicate things, but makes the story much more 'real'. Sometimes there is not an exact, sharp conclusion, maybe not until many revisions take place, maybe never.
So I'm writing about these ideas and simultaneously really experiencing the direct doing of this in my life. Its very powerful.
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