Hey, long time no see BLOG. Well, grad school has taken a better turn. Just about finished grading my first round of papers, and I already have realized that I need to look into going about that a little differently. I need to embrace this 9 - 5 office situation, then I bet I'll have more freedom in the evenings to do some pleasure reading and writing. My biggest concern right now is that I can't seem to balance myself among all of my schooling facets. I've got to be a teacher, I've got to be a theory/pedagogy student, and I've got to be a poetry student. Why am I here in the first place? Poetry. But I care about what I do, even to my own peril and contradiction sometimes. Right now, I either have weeks that are weighted towards pedagogy, weeks towards poetry, or weeks towards teaching. And you know the real kicker here? I don't even intend to have this flux. So, my new approach is this 9 to 5 and we'll see how those cards are played out. I'd also like to get back to the intensity and passion I had for the poetry and this blog, my whole idea of poetry online, of a NON-concern with publication (professionally). Don't get me wrong, it'd be nice, or rather "not bad," but I don't think that should enter a writer's mind when they are writing or editing. If it comes it comes. Of course you need to submit, but getting down on rejections, that's just a little naive I think. Hello, Life, good to see you again.
Well, more poetic musings to come, I hope. If not, those few and proud, hold me to it!
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