i wasn't thinking so much about writing. i think that's a pretty active thing. i literally meant just letting my hair grow. passive=being acted on (in this case, by my own physiology). lots of times, i'm too tired to read or write at all. so i have to devise ways of thinking about life that feel like i'm making art, or at least changing my perception of the world and/or interacting with others creatively, without necessarily moving a muscle or speaking, sometimes.