Monday, December 14, 2009

Wild monkeys swinging through my brain


Creating an environment to be alone with your thoughts can be an impossible task these days for those who make our living stringing words together. Finding that elusive flow when one thought trips effortlessly into the next, crafting a coherent thought when all around you randomness explodes and shiny objects erupt from your dozens of open desktop applications. Nevermind the texting, the kids screaming, dog yelping, stomach rumbling, dryer beeping it's wrinkle guard warning for the dozenth time. Would Hemmingway stand a chance against these distractions? So I eagerly want to try out this new program called Ommwriter. It creates a serene, zen-like world to concentrate on that elusive threesome of writer-page-inspiration. It's not a word processing program (ok, it kind of is), but more of a matrix that combines sounds and aesthetics and the veil of stimulative privacy that I haven't experienced in so long. Hence, the lack of postings as of late.
So far, so good. I'll report back later.