6.4.13

Dane and I are planning on getting a typewriter and both writing on it. I want to write a story, of words, or people, experiences, maybe just a diary like Anais Nin. He wants to write too. Ever since reading a Severe Mercy, I am captivated by the idea of a couple writing a journal together. The two lovers in that book do it from the time they fall in love, so every thought, every experience, every memorable conversation is documented and never forgotten. I think this is such a beautiful idea. What if all couples did that, and read everything they'd written so far ever 5 or 10 years or so? They'd always look back upon their first being enamored over each other, their first conflicts, their growing together, etc. They could never get stuck in the present, if they had enough commitment to read and write a journal together, they could never forget the person they fell in love with. So having a typewriter and sharing it, writing separately, on different thoughts even would be so interesting. We could have two trains of thoughts, two different stories, combined. Its kind of a picture of relationships or marriage in a way.