tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post1414624360373721541..comments2023-09-22T02:24:42.144-07:00Comments on a light inside: Weird Creative RitualsJenna St.Hilairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16528611770211261141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-58846621615991625712011-05-10T19:50:30.557-07:002011-05-10T19:50:30.557-07:00Masha, true--smoking adds grit to your voice, whic...<b>Masha,</b> true--smoking adds grit to your voice, which is distinctively unhelpful when you're trying to sound more like the Celtic Women than Bob Seger or Wynonna Judd. Also, your attempt to get hooked on nicotine and caffeine made me laugh, though it probably shouldn't have. :P<br /><br />Being in beautiful places is helpful, and I wish I wrote by hand more easily. I'm totally spoiled by typing.<br /><br /><b>Chris,</b> I liked the idea of aromatherapy, too! I'm just not sure what scent to use, and I'm a little afraid of getting dependent on it.<br /><br />My get-up-and-get-ready routine isn't all that different in nature from Pamuk's walk-around-the-block. A little less interesting, though. Maybe I should add that. :)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-32958535031961300432011-05-10T08:22:41.837-07:002011-05-10T08:22:41.837-07:00The article is interesting, and I'd like to tr...The article is interesting, and I'd like to try incorporating more into my own writing routine. Aromatherapy comes to mind. If I come to associate a certain scent with my writing, then perhaps I can help ease myself into a creative place through the use of a particularly scented candle. If I can reserve a particular desk as my "writing place," if I can do Pamuk's "circular commute," perhaps it will help.Chris Russohttp://outoftheashes.xanga.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-31908833773894261752011-05-10T08:18:13.442-07:002011-05-10T08:18:13.442-07:00Contemplative actions. I brew and drink a large m...Contemplative actions. I brew and drink a large mug of loose tea, I'll smoke my churchwarden (one doesn't inhale pipe smoke), or I'll sit by the open window and watch birds.<br /><br />Sometimes I need a change of scenery, and go out to the local coffeeshop to write.Chris Russohttp://outoftheashes.xanga.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22927650.post-28141719587630887662011-05-10T07:24:10.345-07:002011-05-10T07:24:10.345-07:00smoking really does do wonders in producing an int...smoking really does do wonders in producing an interesting and "gritty" singing voice - I don't sing, but my husband does, and a few cloves do wonders in making it even more ruumbly and soothing.<br /><br />I don't do well with rituals - I have no memory, so when I try to begin a ritual, I tend to forget all about it the next day. I tried desperately to get myself addicted to cigarettes and coffees as teen (it seems so artistic!) but I'd forget I had a pack in my purse for months before discovering it again and suddenly "realizing" I was desperately in need of a smoke. :) It's pathetic.<br /><br />I do like being in attractive places though, if that counts, and writing out everthing before typing it up (which has almost as much to do with having no way to charge the computer at home as it does with loving nice, black pens).Mashahttp://www.cyganeria-masha.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com