The point, of course, is to say something, hopefully on a regular basis. Ian has a sort of metaphor about dishes: you empty the dish-drainer to make room for the dishes you’re about to wash, and you wash those dishes to make room for the ones you’re about to get dirty. It’s about preparing a space, making a vacuum so that I have something to fill.

It’s not just a way of trying to get me to write more, more regularly, more richly, more everything. I’m too prone to get caught up in work to the point that nothing else happens. I’m hoping that this little space that needs to be filled with words on a regular basis will inspire non-work related thoughts. I need to remember there is a world out there full of inspiration. I just need to step outside.