The Right Now World

A friend recently wrote to me saying, "Sometimes I think that I'm too many years too early or too many years too late." He was speaking in terms of his work and his insecurities about today's readers understanding it or wanting to buy it. He's a writer too. We talk often about our personal demons, triumphs and "what if's".

His latest letter struck an emotional chord. I think whether we're writers or not, many of us just feel like we don't click with this world. The politics don't match up with our ideals. The art and literature of the day isn't what we imagined. We continue to get older and the future we envisioned for ourselves at a younger age appears farther away.

What can we do about this? Why not change the "right now" world? Instead of brooding, why not write what we care about, paint something that could change minds, talk about our beliefs or share passion with the world at hand? Even if you don't have a microphone or a huge publishing house at your fingertips, you can still say something to an important audience.

We live in a world of information. Let's create the information that we crave.