Nothing to Add

Between Jan. 1 and yesterday, I had published four posts. That’s clearly not my most impressive performance.

Worse: I’m no longer convinced the issue is “writer’s block.” Instead, I think this sustained lack of material is the result of nothing more profound than having nothing productive to add to the stream of each day’s news reports.

For any writer, especially a blogger, that is a thoroughly non-hepful state of mind. By nature, blogging requires a certain ego, a cetain audicity — a certain (often unjustified) belief that you actually have something worthwhile to contribute, something that people will want to read and perhaps benefit from reading. For whatever reason, this ego/audacity is, if not dead, in a state of deep hibernation — and I’m entirely unsure what happens next; how I might wake up the snoring bear.

If you have suggestions, I’m listening.