Grand Master of the Universe

do you know what i think of writer's block? there's no such thing. if someone can't think of something to write about or an idea to expound, it's only because he or she has the most boring life possible and never experiences anything worth writing about. it's only when people get out in the world, or even just in their community, and get involved with life. it's all about having new experiences and assimilating them into what you already know from your previous life's experiences. so the next time someone says they have writer's block, i think it's a good idea to tell them to go outside, get a snowcone, watch people in the park, attend a concert or a museum exhibition, try learning a new sport-- anything to get ouside themselves and their boring lives. to sum up-- i think the most interesting writers would be those who have the most interesting lives. i mean, everyone always says to write what you know. thus, the more exciting or varied one's life is, the more exciting and varied one's writing will be. i mean, who really wants to read 30 articles about the same concert touring around a country, written over and over, by the same writer with the same ideas and the same personality. if you wanted a real challenge, try writing 30 articles about the SAME concert, all from differing points of view. still, it wouldn't necessarily make for the most stimulating reading, from a purely aesthetic viewpoint. possibly something interesting to study, but then again, not everyone finds the same study material purely fascinating. i had a roommate at college who absolutely could not get enough of her biology book. i took biology. i couldn't wait to put the book DOWN. i have my suspicions that she actually sometimes slept with hers under her pillow. life takes all sorts. if it didn't, this world would be intensely boring and we'd probably have to ammuse ourselves by finding different ways of propelling the most boring people into outer space. come to think of it, that might be a good topic for next time-- exactly who would be on that list (aside from certain biology professors that i might be able to name, as well as people who insist on standing immediately outside of an eating establishment to take their smoke break), and how one would go about enforcing this earthly exile? interesting.