What’s my theme? Writers have themes. Yes I am a writer. And so are you. If you’ve ever written a text, a tweet, a post, a letter, a note, then you are a writer. Some writers have quite apparent themes. Murakami likes the theme of deep dark wells people can meditate in and dreams penetrating reality. Charlie Kaufman likes recursion and stories within stories. Kurt Vonnegut loves creating fictional religions and being anti-war. These are all men, sorry. But they are the first that spring to mind (that’s the problem!!!).
Writers evolve to find their themes. They try on a few suits. They like the fit sometimes, the style and they wear it out more. They tailor it now and again. Revamp it. Throw it out, start with a new one. Again. Male-centric. Women can wear suits? Switch it to unisex clothing (who are you to say what is unisex???).
Maybe its themes that fit my life. That are easy to write? Specifically easy for me to write. I don’t think path of least resistance is probably conducive to good writing. At first I wrote conjuicive there instead of conducive.
For me what could come easy is writing about psychosis, playing with ideas of eastern philosophy / religions, internet culture, odd-ball characters? Not sure. I’ll just have to keep writing until I strike thematic gold.
Could these streams be filmed and YouTubed? Perhaps! I’m not sure. Maybe if I play with the style – make it extra crazy. Maybe illustrate and animate it.
Thought Vacations 