Ironically I am currently watching a movie called "Man About Town". It stars Ben Affleck and somehow underneah all of its twistedness, I can relate so well to Ben's character "Jack"..
I can just imagine you sitting back at the moment staring at the screen blankly and thinking, "What on earth is ironic about watching that movie ?!" And so I guess I should explain, if only to benefit myself and my thoughts...
Well... Jack journals. The whole movie is one big journal entry... metaphorically speaking. He is taking this journal writing course... learning the importance of expressing himself... and throughout it all, the guy who runs the course - John Cleese - is trying to teach Jack that he needs to let out his true emotions and not be afraid to express who he is taking away all politeness and facing up to reality rather than ignoring it.
I keep playing tug-o-war with myself over the idea of journalling. In life, the times when I've journalled have been the best times for me because writing helps in expressing myself - my emotions, my thoughts, my dreams. When I don't write, I'm like Jack... I ignore so much. I guess I feel like I can blank out the stuff I don't like if I don't write. That negative stuff can become like blind spots. My vision so focussed on one perspective that I can be completely carefree.. naiive.
So -
Here is my proposition: I am to put aside at least an hour a day for journalling. Both online and offline.I need to type out some stuff, and some stuff is just so personal that I need to handwrite it the old-fashioned way... So in keeping with that, I've just gone out in the past hour and bought myself a new journal with the aim to fill its pages with treasured words in the days to come - sooner rather than later.
See you same place tomorrow... figuratively speaking.
I can just imagine you sitting back at the moment staring at the screen blankly and thinking, "What on earth is ironic about watching that movie ?!" And so I guess I should explain, if only to benefit myself and my thoughts...
Well... Jack journals. The whole movie is one big journal entry... metaphorically speaking. He is taking this journal writing course... learning the importance of expressing himself... and throughout it all, the guy who runs the course - John Cleese - is trying to teach Jack that he needs to let out his true emotions and not be afraid to express who he is taking away all politeness and facing up to reality rather than ignoring it.
I keep playing tug-o-war with myself over the idea of journalling. In life, the times when I've journalled have been the best times for me because writing helps in expressing myself - my emotions, my thoughts, my dreams. When I don't write, I'm like Jack... I ignore so much. I guess I feel like I can blank out the stuff I don't like if I don't write. That negative stuff can become like blind spots. My vision so focussed on one perspective that I can be completely carefree.. naiive.
So -
Here is my proposition: I am to put aside at least an hour a day for journalling. Both online and offline.I need to type out some stuff, and some stuff is just so personal that I need to handwrite it the old-fashioned way... So in keeping with that, I've just gone out in the past hour and bought myself a new journal with the aim to fill its pages with treasured words in the days to come - sooner rather than later.
See you same place tomorrow... figuratively speaking.
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