Thursday, October 9, 2008

On Headaches

A headache is an interesting things.

What you don't know is that I just decided to write about headaches without having any real thoughts on them. So, I figured I'd start by declaring that they are interesting. This does three things for me.

1. It takes up space.

Anyone familiar with epic poetry, improvisational comedy/singing, and off-the-cuff speaking in general understands the importance of taking up space. There is also a school of thought that thinks that the more frequently you blog, the more dedicated your readers will be. The people who think that way should not be placed in charge of the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, or presidential elections in the United States. They would best be suited to working with news agencies and baseball.
There are also the concepts of positive space and negative space. I am not familiar with them, but I am sure they exist and are in some way relevant. But would my first sentence qualify as positive or negative space?

2. It directs my writing.

Ostensibly, in the absence of other stated postulates, I will be discussing why and how headaches are interesting things. This is a problem found in many pieced of flawed persuasion. There is too often extraneous statements that need their own support but are left out in the cold. These statements only make an overall argument weaker by stirring up needless objections and obscuring the central focus of the argument. Therefore...

3. Nothing.

These sentences are utter trash and should never put down for readers' consumption. To lead off with such a meaningless statement would only condemn every piece of writing that has or will exist as utterly futile.

Perhaps yo are wondering why this piece is titled so. Well, didn't it give you a headache?

1 comment:

CuriousG said...

Yeah! Was wondering where you were going with this. At the I did have a headache.