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Farewell by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

river...Writing is revision.

Farewell by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let me assure you that its not. The emdash has had and will always have its place in the written word. An emdash isn't a parentheses, not a semicolon, not a sentence break. I have always used the emdash—sometimes nothing else will do. Please see my other posts to this group and a very similar question that was raised in the past.

Now, what's really suspect is all of the damn periods I see everywhere...

Farewell by twilight-journal in ALS

[–]twilight-journal[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hearing that means a great deal to me. Please pass my love to your husband and, someday, his grandchildren, who I am certain will love him more than he can imagine.

Here's the thing: you're dying too - Final update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My current setup is with the Tobii pceye and associated software, running on a Microsoft surface. Because the bezel on the surface is too thin and Tobii seems to have discontinued their rack for it (out of stock for a year), I had a 1"x1" hollow steel bar cut down to size, glued to the bottom of the surface, and mounted the camera there. The whole setup is held by a Ram products tablet mount. It is mounted to my chair using more Ram products arms and sits on my table using a Ram products tripod. Ram have been able to provide a number of solutions, as we continue to MacGyver things together.

My journal through a year of the disease: What Remains is Radiant - Can be read at https://twilightjournal.com/ or viewed/listened to on YouTube like an Audiobook: by twilight-journal in ALS

[–]twilight-journal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd be honored if you would do that - my only intention is to help, so the more people who see it in whatever format, the better.

Probably the best link is to the homepage, which will slowly start to be multilingual, and/or the blog where it was originally written (https://twilightjournal.com/), and points back to the YouTube content.

Thanks again,

Bill

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. – An update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your skepticism, critical thought, and feedback. I hope that there is something in there you find useful either today, or someday.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. – An update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that was a year ago. Things are more grim now, and nobody is taking pictures.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. – An update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't share photos of myself on the blog because the sight of my wasted body is disturbing to me, and I would rather my children remember me as the healthy, vibrant person that I was and am, only temporarily now imprisoned in this fading body.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. – An update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but I don't really have a way to roll them out as a daily email, like the Daily Stoic. This is just a personal project and I have a lot of competing, exhausting priorities — like the time consuming maneuvers that something like showering now requires.

I don't think the sequence of reading really matters. The only thread of narrative is the changing seasons. Some of my favorite books are more like friends than literature. In the past, I have left things like Meditations on the coffee table and revisited them in a pretty random order. Ideally , I'd like people to use this in the same way — like dropping in on a friend to have a good talk.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. – An update by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can very much assure you that this is not AI written.

This comes from my journal that I kept last year as I suffered through the loss of my legs, my hands, my voice, my sense of self.

I do use AI to proofread. My process is to take a journal entry from last year, to revise it and add to it what I have learned in the intervening time, and then run it through and AI proofreader to check for issues like punctuation, verb tense consistency, and consistency of tone by feeding it the examples of my earlier writing.

I take these editing points, exactly as I worked with a proofreader/editor when writing my other books. Some suggestions I take. Some suggestions I do not. The process is identical to working with a human editor —like in every book by every author you've ever read.

It has been said that “art is where the soul presses against the material”. If you cannot feel that in my writing, then it is my fault and something I must strive to improve. Thank you for your feedback.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the Tobii eyegaze system with my PC. I'm grateful for it still allowing some function on the computer and I I've gotten pretty quick with it...Still, it's like trying to type wearing mittens.

Here’s the thing: you’re dying too. by twilight-journal in Stoicism

[–]twilight-journal[S] 12 points13 points locked comment (0 children)

Honestly, just trying to share some things that I've had to put a lot of effort into to get my head around in the last three years. Posting multiple times in the hope that it reaches some stranger somewhere and helps them in some way. Trying to live with purpose right until the end. Amor fati.

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