I suppose there comes a time when one just wants to lay down the pen metaphorically and just live life instead of this vicarious experience of writing fiction and poetry. And yet what is living life fI suppose there comes a time when one just wants to lay down the pen metaphorically and just live life instead of this vicarious experience of writing fiction and poetry. And yet what is living life fully if one does not tap into one's inner thoughts and feelings--it would only be fulfilling the perfunctory callings of one's profession or indulging in the lower forms of a person's being which is nothing all that different than being an animal but with a lot more robotic duties. I will begin writing an original philosophic treatise in August for my thesis. In the meantime I could begin writing a new book of poetry after my twenty year hiatus. But frankly, I need encouragement. I swear that I cannot go through another twenty years this way....more