Anyway, at the end of Feb, I've arrived back at my blog. I haven't been big on resolutions this year. My only pledge is to eat a banana a day, because they're so incredibly healthy, and because it seemed like a resolution I may actually stick to. So far I have.
As for my great creative works, it's time to get the wheels turning again. I like to think that taking a rest has been a good thing, as this fallow period has allowed new ideas to develop. Now I can't wait to get back and fix the problems which seemed insurmountable before my break. No doubt it won't be so simple when I get started but at least I can enjoy the idea of my great novel. It reminds me of a poem by Browning about a frustrated author who is peeved because he doesn’t get the recognition he feels is rightly his. But in fact this author barely ever gets round to writing anything–he's only convinced that he could do better than the famous writers of the day. Browning is sarcastically sycophantic and says, great works conceived are better than lesser works executed. I’ll have to go and look it up…
Here it is. It's called Waring and the bit I'm thinking of is this:
I'd say, "to only have conceived,
"Planned your great works, apart from progress,
"Surpasses little works achieved!"
Well you have to read the whole thing to get the context. The rest of is about how the author disappears from London, and the narrator imagines him in a series of wonderful places around the world.
I should read more Browning too, possibly as another minor resolution. I have a book somewhere. After I have my banana I’ll look for it.
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