Notes tickle, direct, and center. Notes may be meticulous and accurate. Or sloppy and misguided. Notes are always bound by authors. Who are surely erratic and careless. Fickle and nonchalant. But also thoughtful and wise.
Some notes fade faster than others. I may not be able to discern the oomph beneath your notes. Or may not be able to articulate the energy of my own. Notes may be snippets and morsels of an account. Or a list of items yet to be done; dreams characterized in tangible form. Notes may contain captivating dialogue. Or a melodic stream of consciousness. Notes may inspire. Bore. Bring nostalgia. Cut deep. Penetrate the heart. Move tear ducts. Erupt laughter.
Notes are always influenced by context. Notes generated at work will inevitably differ from those that emerge from play. Morning notes have a character distinct from afternoon notes. Late evening notes are dangerous. And may set fire without intention.
The efficiency of a digital note confronts the quality of a written one.
Notes that hover around momentous occasions will be charged in mystical ways. A note written often carries a different tune from a note received.
Notes may by subject to bullets. Or hyphens. Or scratch-throughs. Or highlights. Or shorthand abbreviations. Notes may be duplicated - with or without the go-ahead. Notes may even be erased, deleted, or expunged. A note here and there – perhaps most everywhere – will be forgotten.
A note highlights the wonderment and concern of its author – and should not be taken for granted. But is. In a raging sea of mind and heart and soul and body, how am I to know what is worthy of capture? Amen.
Some notes fade faster than others. I may not be able to discern the oomph beneath your notes. Or may not be able to articulate the energy of my own. Notes may be snippets and morsels of an account. Or a list of items yet to be done; dreams characterized in tangible form. Notes may contain captivating dialogue. Or a melodic stream of consciousness. Notes may inspire. Bore. Bring nostalgia. Cut deep. Penetrate the heart. Move tear ducts. Erupt laughter.
Notes are always influenced by context. Notes generated at work will inevitably differ from those that emerge from play. Morning notes have a character distinct from afternoon notes. Late evening notes are dangerous. And may set fire without intention.
The efficiency of a digital note confronts the quality of a written one.
Notes that hover around momentous occasions will be charged in mystical ways. A note written often carries a different tune from a note received.
Notes may by subject to bullets. Or hyphens. Or scratch-throughs. Or highlights. Or shorthand abbreviations. Notes may be duplicated - with or without the go-ahead. Notes may even be erased, deleted, or expunged. A note here and there – perhaps most everywhere – will be forgotten.
A note highlights the wonderment and concern of its author – and should not be taken for granted. But is. In a raging sea of mind and heart and soul and body, how am I to know what is worthy of capture? Amen.