THE ARTIST'S LOUNGE
A journal is to a writer as a sketchpad is to an artist.
Thursday, May 08, 2025
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COMMENTARY
A few days ago I posted a photo of pad and pen and the need to always carry them. Today I made much use of them today.
I went downtown to Chinatown and sat in a park that I enjoy going to. I wrote a couple of poems. I jotted down a description of a woman sitting on the bench across from me. I felt the need to write down my feelings about solitude, aloneness, the the desire to be anonymous. I would have forgotten much of this if I didn't have something to write with.
Here's so much to draw from just by paying attention to my surroundings. I like writing the beautiful things around me. I also write about not so beautiful things. The homeless person. A child crying. An abandoned building. They are story ideas nevertheless.