Themes

Things I've been thinking about that interest me:

Madness – The definition of sanity. How sane people react to the actions of the insane. The freedom of those whose actions are based solely upon their individual perceptions of the world. Whether I would prefer to be mad, and whether it's possible to choose madness. Also, the word madness is cool.

Melancholy – Recently, I've been getting into funks, and melancholy is the best way to describe them. What I find interesting is that, although they are depressive episodes (and may actually be connected to clinical depression, given my family history), there's something beautiful about that emotional chord. For some reason, I enjoy getting that bittersweet depression for no reason at all. When I do, I tend to go for a walk alone across the mystery bridge and sit at the lookout. I think that's also the root of my two full-length plays. Trying to duplicate that emotional chord for an audience requires a fair deal of background.

Love – It's not so much that I want to tell love stories. It has more to do with trying to figure out what the word means. Love is bandied about so much and covers such a broad spectrum that it's really lost all objective meaning. Also, my experience with it has been very limited, if extant at all, so I'm very interested in exploring it via writing.