Encased inside my own skull, silencing the noise inside my own head

Came home today to an interesting and rather profound article in Newsweek forwarded to my attention by Wales. Or at least I found it interesting and profound. It was one of those pieces that managed to somehow put into words how I have been feeling lately. And express why I write - which more often than not is to get out of my own head. My political rants posts such as they are - are my way of dealing with the noise that has accumulated inside my head. Writing for me at least is a means of achieving some aspect of silence. And reading, an ability to pull myself outside of my own head into someone elses at least for a minute, doesn't last long and it may well be an illusion.

Feeling rather humble and vulnerable today, uncertain about myself and the world around me. And this article about the late David Foster Wallace, who I knew of, but alas never found the time or interest in actually reading, touched me in a way, I'm not quite sure how to express but will attempt to anyhow:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/158935
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