What do I do about the fact that I’d rather watch a Joan Didion documentary (re-watch, really, for the umpteenth time) than write? I asked Kyle just a few moments ago. Watch the documentary, he answered. There’s a particular mood that overcomes me when I read Joan Didion. Hence the reason I refer to her often in my writing. It’s kind of a melancholy mood I guess. But also one of extreme presence—like watching a movie, in a way. So I observed myself (because I’d been reading JD), from this space. After he answered me and walked downstairs, despite, I suppose, in a sense, but also completely in alignment with the answer, I watched myself open the door to my studio and power up my computer.
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