Mister Shhh

There are times when I feel like writing about nothing but the movies, and times when I feel like writing about nothing but politics. There have been times when I have only wanted to write fiction, but such times are relatively rare—there’s something in me moving always towards balance, like the bubble in a spirit level, and too much fiction has a way of throwing me out of plumb. (Poetry and songs have always slipped in through the cracks.) There are long stretches where I only want to write about music, or about faith. There are times when I feel like writing about nothing but my family. There are even times when I feel like writing about nothing but myself.

And, increasingly, there are times when I feel like writing about nothing at all.