Writer's block, an owner's guide: Quote: Joni Mitchell
This sang to me from today’s LA Times [I've removed the link because it's expired - DJM]. Joni Mitchell on not having written since her reunion with the daughter she used to sing about: Mitchell sees no need to put herself on display for a public that only wants to hear the greatest hits over and over.
“Miles [Davis] was like that at the end. He wasn’t trying to be rude on stage when he would wait for an hour and a half to find someone who inspired him to play two notes. His golden age and his period of exploration was behind him. I just don’t want to do it anymore.” In the end, her personal contentment and her silence seem to be interlocked.
I’m not suggesting you should retire from writing, although goodness knows that is one thing you’re free to do when working seems too much like work. Accepting peace into your life might be better than years of depressing yourself. No; I’m suggesting, again, once again, one more time, that silence is not failure. Just as sleep is essential to wakefulness, so diversion and mulling can be helpful to productivity.
No, I’m not back, I’m still on the break I said I was taking yesterday, I guess I didn’t write this.
Published on September 5, 2004 at 1:31 pm. Linking to this article? Thank you! The permanent address is http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/quote-joni-mitchell.html
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