A teacher once said to me, you are never not writing. I’ve taken that to heart over the years. And I find it true that sometimes when I sit down to work, the scene appears as if I dreamt it at some other time. That’s because unconsciously I’ve been writing it all along.
Yes, that’s my experience as well. Sometimes I wonder whether DNA mapping will reveal a physiological basis for being a writer and/or poet. It is just the way we are wired. And in that way, it is destiny. We can’t help doing what we do, or looking at the world the way we do.
I wonder if it’s a time of life thing. I keep thinking of Tolle’s “The Power of Now” (although it hasn’t cured my insomnia). So very difficult to let go! I have been trying very hard to let go of my lifelong ambition as a writer. To realize that all that matters is doing the writing itself. And maybe even that doesn’t matter! We are such tiny, random specks in this universe.
A teacher once said to me, you are never not writing. I’ve taken that to heart over the years. And I find it true that sometimes when I sit down to work, the scene appears as if I dreamt it at some other time. That’s because unconsciously I’ve been writing it all along.
Yes, that’s my experience as well. Sometimes I wonder whether DNA mapping will reveal a physiological basis for being a writer and/or poet. It is just the way we are wired. And in that way, it is destiny. We can’t help doing what we do, or looking at the world the way we do.
The challenge of letting go every single day, even every moment.
I wonder if it’s a time of life thing. I keep thinking of Tolle’s “The Power of Now” (although it hasn’t cured my insomnia). So very difficult to let go! I have been trying very hard to let go of my lifelong ambition as a writer. To realize that all that matters is doing the writing itself. And maybe even that doesn’t matter! We are such tiny, random specks in this universe.
Endings and beginnings
Birth and Death and Rebirth
I love it
We came from different families, Caitlin—but we are made of the same stuff. I treasure your friendship and your talent, my stardust sister. ❤️