On Writing

// February 12th, 2010 // Uncategorized

Writing… lost without it, yet so difficult. Is practice the answer? Is fear the problem? Words and thoughts trapped inside you, screaming to get out, but unwilling to leave your mind and obediently enter your computer or paper. But how lost we feel when we don’t write. How tragic the unconsidered and unexamined life.

Something about writing is therapeutic, in an I feel better when it is over, but that was completely miserable kind of way. Maybe it is because writing forces us to tame thoughts and ideas that we would prefer to ignore. It forces us to process thoughts that are inconvenient or difficult. Something about seeing words challenges us to question the validity of the thoughts that seemed so logical in our minds and to think more clearly about the conclusions and ramifications. The illogical often seems illogical in the obscurity of our minds.Writing moves words from the dark into the light. Half baked sentiments and ideas reach full maturity or die a quick death when tested in the light. I’m convinced an idea can only grow so far in our heads before it needs to be replanted elsewhere if it is to truly grow mature and bear fruit.

And thus the struggle continues… between the escapable calling and the difficulty of action.

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3 Responses to “On Writing”

  1. Ginny (MAD21) says:
    February 12, 2010 at 3:57 pm

    Good thoughts. I find it funny that someone who has never liked to write (me) now has a blog and writes a few thousand words a week. It has been a pleasant surprise to get past the idea that you have to write (for school, work, etc.) to you GET to write. I love what you said about it taming thoughts and ideas. That is SO true.

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  2. Helen says:
    February 12, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Sometimes it is about releasing the thoughts. Setting them free. They are caged up inside my head, but putting them out there in the blogushere sets them free, and they don't have to torment me anymore.

    Good to see you back.

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  3. Annette Taylor says:
    February 13, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    Writing is such a great way for someone who is emotional often (like me :) ) to communicate. It helps me to slow down and really think about what it is I want to say. In the A Million Miles in A Thousand Years, he talks about someone who said that writers need to sit down and write every day whether they want to or not. So, I definitely think it's something you have to work at and practice often. So, keep writing!!!

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