The morgenseiten of Katharsisdrill 14 - Discussions

Thirteen is an unlucky number - yesterday was my thirteenth Morgenseiten and I was not in a great mood. After writing I somehow ended on the sofa, a place I try to avoid as I spent much too much time on it in 2017 (if you meticulously read through my Steemit blog you will find a lot of whiny references to my health). I woke up three hours later.

I still made an illustration for Adsactly's shortstory contest. I am not sure why I work so much and why I have been so productive the year I have been ill, but what I really want to write about is the interesting fact that @shortcut also wrote about the same subject in one of his Morgenseiten. (It is in German but you can read it here: Die Morgenseiten #8 - Tag der Arbeit). Probably not a coincidence that I wrote about work yesterday.

The internet is a place with many silly time robbers, but it is also communication that actually matters, especially when you find people who are worth discussing with.

There was some comments I exchanged with @roused about the inhibitions you have when publishing music, photos drawings or poetry, and they really made me think. I am still thinking actually. It is from such things new ideas and reflections come. It is a bit like having very good friends who comes by and discuss over half a bottle of whiskey as I have always done, but just in short bursts and with a nice time delay.

I do have a tendency to get into discussions, not only on the internet, so I have for the last many years actually toned it down trying to avoid it. It is like computer game fun and a waste of time at the same time. But recently I have started to open up a little again. I still have some principles - it should be calm (that is the least you can expect of a conversation where people have time to think about what they write), and it should preferably end up somewhere I didn't anticipate.

Here is a small, calm discussion about ethics and religion that was interesting for me both to read and to write down: Why be good if you do not believe in God?.

Here is a long discussion on Diaspora that I initiated myself. The text is the same as one of the Morgenseiten that I posted here, but the discussion is much longer. The people of the federation likes to discuss. : About nudity on social media

My friend @shortcut has started to write some posts every morning - #morgenseiten he calls it - morning-pages. Here is his explanation of the project:

It goes like this: you shall each morning write from the soul, anything going through your head.

He writes a lot more, but this is the essence :) (Read his first morgenseiten post here)

I have decided to try the same. I write from the top of my head every morning or late morning if I have been sleeping late. I only correct typos and make a headline afterwards. Else everything is left as written. Expect some of it to sound like stage directions.