Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Confronting Scholarship

So I'm doing a "scholarly activity" this summer as part of fulfilling my requirements for medical school graduation. We are encouraged to pursue publication in whatever field we work in, but this seems to be a foolhardy venture to me. I'm working on an ethics paper and when I put my thoughts to screen they sound so sophmoric. I recall my mind working more freely in days of my undergraduate English literature courses, but now I think my medical education has put my creative powers in a straightjacket. How can I resolve this low flow of creative juices in the short 2 months I have to accomplish this project? Now I know why physicians of yesteryear wrote poetry and fiction in their spare moments- the ability to think creatively atrophies with the slightest bit of neglect.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Bluegrass as it should Be

In these days of Nickel Creek and String Cheese Incident (who I sometimes can tolerate) newgrass, it's nice to step outside and take a deep breathe into clean air of Gillian Welch. Her songs are so sad and picturesque. The tragedy and richness of the Southern culture are given their twangy voice. Annabelle and One More Dollar are my current favorites.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Maybe This Time

I heard once that you can't keep someone's attention for more than 21 words. If this is true I've lived my life over the past two years in millions of 21 word increments.

Things that bring gladness to my heart:
Being finished with boards and have passed
The summertime
Moving from our apartment
Fiction
High schoolers at my church that I'm going to hang with this summer
Having time to blog and figure out how to work facebook again.

That's four increments of 21. (If don't count this statement, the title, or contractions, but you do count the numbers, if anyone is actually still paying attention.)