Piece of the Puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle piece on the ground.
My first thought was of the person whose many
hours of work would go unfulfilled, a single hole
in a 1,000-piece puzzle mocking him or her. Then
the metaphorical and symbological implications of
this find hit me. Could the discovery of this
jagged piece of random cardboard be a metaphor for
my life? Could it symbolize the missing key to
jumpstart my career?
The freelance writing assignments have begun
trickling in, and I've been working 40+ hours per
week in other areas to cover expenses, so perhaps
I'm approaching a tipping point of sorts. Maybe
things have nearly reached that point of inertia
where my momentum will keep things moving forward.
Or perhaps it's just a random piece of trash I came
across that holds no significance whatsoever. In
any case, I achieved my goal of picking an
arbitrary event from my day and writing about
it.
[Editor's Note: As the
text in the righthand column states, I'm using this
daily writing exercise to kickstart my creativity
and keep the compositional engine lubed. So in case
you're wondering why this day's column is so brief
(and banal), it's because I expended my creativity
generating "some worthwhile material" earlier
today, an article which I hope to get published
soon.]
Development note: I've
noticed that this site doesn't look like it should
in Netscape Navigator. Rather than waste time
jury-rigging it to look right in a
soon-to-be-obsolete browser, I'll just add the
cliché "This site best viewed with Internet
Explorer."
©2003 Michael
Strickland ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED
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What is "The Daily Strick"?
I have long called
myself a writer, but too often I don't do
what a writer must do daily: write. So
you, dear reader, are the beneficiary of
my resolution to make a positive change in
at least one area of my life. Every single
day of this new year, I will write
something, anything, and post it here. It
is my intention to use this daily exercise
to jump-start my too-long-dormant creative
energies, and perhaps generate some
worthwhile material this year. Hopefully
you will find at least an occasional
amusement or insight in my daily
musings.
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Previously...
3/24:
Echoes
in Eternity
3/23:
Booing
for Columbine
3/22:
Not
Recommending Diving
3/21:
Works
in Progress
3/20:
Three
Rings of Shock & Awe
3/19:
Paris—A
Beautiful Blur
3/18:
Ignorant
Idiot Man
3/17:
The
Pirate Queen
3/16:
To
War or Not to War
3/15:
So
Long, Seau
3/14:
Telemarketing
Pays
3/13:
Free,
For Now
3/12:
Chicken
Little Gets Respect
3/11:
Axis
of Evil
3/10:
Writing
Kept Me From Writing
3/9:
King
Arthur
3/8:
The
Women are Smarter
3/7:
Salt
on Old Wounds
3/6:
3/3/03,
3:33 p.m.
3/5:
Beer
Day
3/4:
Pulling
the Trigger
3/3:
Make
'Em Laugh
3/2:
Whither
Iraq?
3/1:
Strickland
Cellars
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