Write or Die

Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

When I don’t write or can’t write, I feel saddled with ennui, but would I die if I were forbidden to write? I don’t think so. Now if I could not read, that might send me to an early death. If I couldn’t read, I could probably thrive listening to NPR or viewing segments of TED.com, but a single power outage would be my demise. This probably explains why Rainer Maria Rilke got where he got and why I am sitting here writing insignificant blog entries.

For some inspiring diversion, check out TED.com