Desicritics Comments on Writer's Block & The Unconscious

Comment by erotik

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:49:12 EDT

Dies ist ein gro�er Ort. Ich m�chte hier noch einmal.

Comment by MSchannon

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:54:27 EDT

temporal, I never guessed you were this clever to write such a complex code nor balaji or aaman for deciphering it so quickly. me, i'm still lost. In Jameson Veritas

Comment by Aaman

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:39:43 EDT

The Via Agra Code, which reminds me of a cartoon I saw advertising the Da Vinci Code in Jullundur - It read "Vinci Da Code", a joke perhaps lost in translation.

Comment by balaji

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:31:24 EDT

i see the message clearly delivered thru da code. vakya - sentence/ collection of words in sanskrit vyaghra - tiger - sanskrit again via agra - destination - through the symbol of love (tajmahal). it means write a poem 'containing' passion symbolizing love! or what ever taj stands for!

Comment by temporal

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:14:56 EDT

writers of the world wiagara! poets of the world wiagara � t

Comment by MSchannon

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:07:42 EDT

Hmmm. Fortunately, the concept of today's unconscious is very different from Freud's--otherwise, the world would be full of very frustrated writers...or very happy sex maniacs. In Jamesons Veritas

Comment by Kashyap

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:34:36 EDT

According to Frued all creative endevours are sublimations of sex drives. So whenever you hit a writer's block stop having sex or take a viagra and then write.

Comment by MSchannon

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:03:33 EDT

So that's what a McGuffin is! Thanks! I use them all the time and never knew. Owe you one. and wasn't Khayyam writing about life rather than writing?

Comment by temporal

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:43:01 EDT

Mark: those were two different comments:) the khayyam was on writing: The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it -- Omar Khayyam the mcguffin was on your opening gambit:) Main Entry: McGuffin Part of Speech: noun Definition: in film, a plot device that has no specific meaning or purpose other than to advance the story; any situation that motivates the action of a film either artificially or substantively; also written MacGuffin

Comment by MSchannon

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:24:04 EDT

Aaman, I think people define writer's block in very personal ways--but I don't think you write better or worse because of it. I used to describe it as "my rhetoric machine's empty and needs to be refilled." For me, it's usually an annoyance that dosn't last very long--for others, it can go on for months or even years. Kush: the category was "the act of writing." I like to think of it as "the commandment to write." And temporal-- was it omar khayyam? the moving finger .... re: the opening gambit...mcguffin;) you lost me, sir. I should know what a mcguffin is, but temporarily brain dead. In Jameson Veritas

Comment by temporal

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:58:16 EDT

Mark: i have not experienced a block yet...so cannot relate to your experiences... interesting observations re: conscious and unconscious acts of writing... was it omar khayyam? the moving finger .... re: the opening gambit...mcguffin;)

Comment by Kush

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:09:09 EDT

"The act of writing" or LAW of writing?...

Comment by Aaman

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 03:45:44 EDT

Is writing better after emerging from a block? Is it necessary to the act of writing?