Day 1
Why is it a day followed by a number it is hard to say. Perhaps my brain feels at ease when an orderly beginning is signified by a day and a number. Anyhow, I have never started something so significant before. Today is the day I write my observations that I have the urgency to share with the world. It is a self-imposed urgency since nothing about the things noticed is truly spectacular. At best my observations are to be read and forgotten.
Observations:
Writing is difficult. It is rewarding to admit this and to free yourself of the shame which inevitably comes when you consider the fact that some people write so much and don't even seem bothered by it. Writing is a hygienic process for the mind. It helps us crystalize thoughts and give them texture. But with any type of hygiene it requires discipline.
Another observation I have is that it seems that today I only managed to observe one thing about writing and mention it above. This makes the title misleading because of the plural form of it. But this is why I am observing this here and writing it explicitly. It was far easier to write a second observation about it than just to edit the title. Which brings us to another point about writing.
When something is written it stands with a sense of finality. It has been done it is on the paper. Editing requires confrontation with the past. Readjustment of the elements which are already given. It is painful to revise because the past needs to be revitalized in a present condition to be once again moldable.
Leaving just like that!