Owl of Minerva: Ideal Writing

15 December 2010
I strive for writing purged of all ornament, in which every word is absolutely necessary—purely structural writing. I want every word to matter; I want every sentence to deliver a revelation. I want my writing pulled taut at every scale like a spiderweb. I want to go with all my strength against the world of arbitrariness. My writing ought to be hermetic, each piece a self-enclosed world in which everything makes sense—little castle islands in a sea of trash, microcastles. I need not enclose everthing, but I do need to learn how to enclose.