I like to play with ideas and words, no matter the "genre." I could write in any category, as long as I get to play around with the assumed definitions and concepts. If that's how I'd find success, I'd never restrict myself to a handful of niches. But alas...
Poetry is my first love. It arrives in my mind easily, much like images manifest before words do. Then, short fiction. I like literary fiction, or, stories driven by characters rather than plot. Because I start with images, these pieces tend to read poetically; that is my intention.
Apart from creative writing, I fall back on essays. These start from personal experience and cover multiple subjects: art, craft, philosophy, psychology. I overthink but I prefer the process of drawing connections more than I do presenting solid answers. Readers ought to keep thinking beyond the frames of a piece of writing; if one person's argument, if one piece of their mind, satisfies, then something's not working properly. My essays seek to further the question (read: hypothesis).
“When you are describing a shape, or sound, or tint, don’t state the matter plainly, but put it in a hint. And learn to look at all things with a sort of mental squint.” Lewis Carroll
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