Something I read or something someone says sparks an idea in my crazy brain that doesn’t feel quite like anything else. I still think that’s true, but it sometimes comes at the expense of that feeling of exploration and wonder I used to feel every time I sat down to write.Įvery now and then, though, it flares to life again. When I was younger, I had this conviction that I’d be at my best as a writer when I reached my forties, because I’d have a lot more life experience to draw on for my work. Writers are the product of all of our past reads. Doesn’t Remind Me Lyrics Verse 1 I walk the streets of Japan 'til I get lost 'Cause it doesn't remind me of anything With a graveyard tan carrying a cross Yeah, it doesn't remind me of anything I. Over the years we develop a mental catalogue of plots and characters and story ideas that are all sloshing around up there in our gray matter, queueing up and waiting their turn to flow out onto our pages in a new and hopefully pleasing order. As a culture, we have centuries of literature to draw upon, and most of us are avid readers. Audioslave - Doesnt Remind Me LETRA, CANCIN Y VIDEO / I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost / Cause it doesnt remind me of anything / With a. But there’s also something missing when everything becomes so familiar – that spark of discovery, the spine-tingling thrill of newness.Īs writers, we’re subject to this too. I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost Cause it doesnt remind me of anything With a graveyard tan carrying a cross Cause it doesnt remind me of anything I like studying faces in a parking lot Cause it doesnt remind me of anything I like driving backwards in the fog Cause it doesnt remind me of anything The things that Ive loved the. It’s comforting, being able to classify things, to put them in their allotted place in our mental menagerie. This restaurant reminds us of that one we ate at three years before in San Francisco – even the fries taste the same! Or that singer sounds just like Annie Lenox, back when she was with the Eurythmics.
As we pile up more life experiences, our brains try to connect it all into some semblance of order, where all the threads weave together to make some grand tapestry. Cause it doesnt remind me of anything Refrn The things that Ive loved the things. I find this happening increasingly as I age. Doesnt Remind Me - lyrics I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost. I mentioned this to her, and then realized almost immediately I had indulged in something that comes more and more easily to me as I get older – comparing art to something I had already seen.
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