Labor

A Haiku

When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.

—Kurt Vonnegut

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

—George Orwell

Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

—Leon Uris

Creation takes pain.

To give birth to something new,

we run the gauntlet.

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Per my about page, White Noise is a work of experimentation. I view it as a sort of thinking aloud, a stress testing of my nascent ideas. Through it, I hope to sharpen my opinions against the whetstone of other people’s feedback, commentary, and input.

If you want to discuss any of the ideas or musings mentioned above or have any books, papers, or links that you think would be interesting to share on a future edition of White Noise, please reach out to me by replying to this email or following me on Twitter X.

With sincere gratitude,

Tom