Hypotyposis on a Good Day

I rarely post comments on other people’s blogs, but an entry on “hidden tautologies” intrigued me: A Philosopher Teases Out Hidden Tautologies - Chronicle.com

It’s nice to know I’m not alone. Rachel Toor writes in Chronicle Careers: 10/30/2007: Love to Write? Keep It to Yourself:

Each time I’m in the throes of writing a book, I realize that I have somehow forgotten how exhausting it is, how much it hurts. After writing for a couple of hours, I have to go lie down, wrist thrown across an aching forehead. It helps only a little to remember that I am not alone, to think of George Orwell’s comment that “writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.”

I’ve been a big fan of the Teaching Company ever since I purchased the course Bach and the High Baroque some years ago. Now Laura and I are awaiting the arrival of the 8 DVD course A History of European Art. I have not taken a formal history of art class since I studied European art by correspondents as a high school student.

I finally have to admit that writing a book (and a grant proposal) has sucked up almost all of my writing energy, leaving very little time and focus for blogging.  I hope to get back to blogging in 2008, when my book is finished.  We’ll see.