January 24, 2010. Sunday.
Situation: Work all day today, and do not get home until dark. Plus it’s raining. No walk for Mway from me today.
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One must imagine Sisyphus happy. (Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus)
2 comments:
That’s right – I was going to come up with some suggestions for a new subtitle. “One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” as far as I can tell, doesn’t convey any information that’s not already obvious. And why not just say “Sisyphus is happy”? A good subtitle will sharpen the focus on what you’re trying to say, on what you’re trying to clarify about a boundless reality. I think the Steinbeck form provides a ready model for you to follow. I’ll think about that today. M.
I carefully consider what you say in your introduction, but I don’t limit myself to what you say explicitly, there or elsewhere. What you imply is just, if not more, important.
Option 1: Walks with Mway: In Search of Silence
This merely repeats what you say outright in your introduction you’re in search of. I think it’s the weakest option because it doesn’t make any sense.
Option 2: Walks with Mway: In Search of My Property
This delineates the range of your search, indicating that you go farther than ten feet beyond your back door but don’t stray even as far as the neighbor’s house.
Option 3: Walks with Mway: In Search of My Inner Joyce
This seems to emphasize the means of expression, but you discover the best way to describe something by trying to clarify what that something is. This is not an easy thing to do.
Option 4: Walks with Mway: In Search of something that smells that then might run and you can chase it
This adds to an object a motive for your search, one that approaches universality. By association, the other senses are implied. M.
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