Three Potential Future Writing Projects
The last few years my writing has been focused on two practical areas, politics and academics. That makes sense because I've been holding a political office and got two degrees in that time. With leaving office in a couple of months I like that there are some options, and I'm thinking about what direction I may take my writing. Stories are so interesting, and powerful. The idea of Sisyphus is something that enthralls me. I bring it up often, often enough that it's a bit of a cliche at the political office. Sisyphus was a clever king in ancient Greece that outwitted death. He was punished by being sentenced to roll a boulder up a mountain, only to always have it roll back down. Pointless, meaningless toil. It's so connected and applicable to life. The philosopher Albert Camus wrote an essay on it, and the last line is, "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." That story, that idea, that philosophy, has many layers to it. It's insightful and useful. If the work we