3rd Ward
Saturday I went to the 3rd Ward Last Supper Salon. A friend of mine whom I consider to be a modern Grace Kelly was one of the curators. and I hoped to spend time talking with her. Toward that end I brought a female friend.
A vague small sickness passed me when I saw my GK friend texting or talking with other men.
I had emailed her, "i'm avoding all unnecessary social interactions" as I worked on my novel. Standing there I realized this was one I had been sucked into. But my friend I came with was feeling blue and I knew it was more important to make sure she had fun than to try to chase an unreachable woman.
The desire for companionship - a gentle euphemism I will use - is a barrier to the artistic impulse. If women feel like I do, it hardly seems to show or it is sublimated.
5000 words a week - chapter fragments resettled. That is the goal. By the end of the year - Christmas more or less - to finish the draft. It is something I can do. Better not to have a Grace Kelly in my life right now perhaps, although that statement falls flat reading it.
A vague small sickness passed me when I saw my GK friend texting or talking with other men.
I had emailed her, "i'm avoding all unnecessary social interactions" as I worked on my novel. Standing there I realized this was one I had been sucked into. But my friend I came with was feeling blue and I knew it was more important to make sure she had fun than to try to chase an unreachable woman.
The desire for companionship - a gentle euphemism I will use - is a barrier to the artistic impulse. If women feel like I do, it hardly seems to show or it is sublimated.
5000 words a week - chapter fragments resettled. That is the goal. By the end of the year - Christmas more or less - to finish the draft. It is something I can do. Better not to have a Grace Kelly in my life right now perhaps, although that statement falls flat reading it.
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