Scribbling in my notebook on public transport has been easy on me for some time now. It seems easy for me to write without getting distracted too much from noises produced by train, bus or passengers. However, this Wednesday I realised that both the morning busses, which I can use to get to work, are very different in useability. The first one, which leaves my home at 7.31, is a bendy bus and at the bus-station some twenty odd students will get on it. So this one is very lively from the start, which could be a let down. However, it is just this energetic atmosphere that has made me so prolific in noting things down. The second bus, which sets out for its journey at 7.45, is less active. It is a normal bus and I am only accompanied by some six or eight students, so it is all in all a totally different setting.
This week I realised that, while I do like the intensity of the first one, at times I am in need for a more calm version of this morning trip. The noisy one is very welcoming in sparking ideas and hence for freewriting. But whenever I want to exert actual stories I do need quiter environments. So since I am working on converting my first TMA free-write into an actual TMA story I am and will be taking the second bus a lot these next few days.
Johan