Notes
[Sunday 14 August 2011 - Saturday 20 August 2011]
[Notebook: DB 71 Israel]
Sunday 14 August 2011
[page 52]
Why don't I get on with the job of preaching natural religion, become an activist, on other words? Consciously it seems the right thing to do and a bit of action might help to allay the creeping boredom that sometimes comes close to me. But I am not doing it, rather spending a lot of time sitting and thinking, not writing much in these notes and mostly reading journalism and fiction rather than 'serious and rational' literature. Is this because subconsciously my mind has more surprises (insights) in store but they are yet to become well formed enough to become conscious and enter into my stream of thought, writing and action? In other words there are still gaps in my story which need filling before I seriously try to go public. This state of affairs is another reason for going[page 53]
academic, to get a bit of informed criticism. Now the sun is up and it is time to cut wood.
