Writing on Writing | Artful Balance
- Artful Balance
- Apr 8, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 14, 2019
Writing helps us see the seams between our thoughts. If we let it, that includes the most savage, the most salacious, the most sultry of them. And these are mine. Specifically, this is about what the act of writing means to me. There will be thought-nudity and some rapeplay involved.
The lucky among us have neat and orderly thought-stitches. Reality pans out in a way that, though at times painful, is mostly predictable, or at least when it's not predictable, a place for them in a situation can be found and prescribed like a role in a script.
They more or less know where their life is going and -- if agreeable -- their thoughts follow suit. They're relatable. They're empathetic. They could probably be the writers of content that a sea of readers would see their lives reflected in.
What I have is intensity, the events of my life slamming into one another at great velocities. The result is more like haphazard thought-welding than delicate thought-stitching. This makes writing all the more non-negotiable for me.
For a long time, without writing, I couldn't detect what made me like most people, or gave my day (much less entire lifespan) trajectory. Without it, I am near-helpless to trace any sense out of my dizzying thought-downpours of ideas, sentiments, and reactions -- reality in general. With writing, I am approximating that.
Writing is the scalpel that makes me a neurosurgeon, taking my off-kilter perspectives and balancing them out: smoothing, soothing, and stitching them back in an orderly place.
Artful Balance © 2019
These are my personal writings curated from material produced during my structured daily writing times as well as spontaneous thoughts I manage to record. Through organizing and uploading them i hope to learn about who I am as a voice and writer and find ways to improve my writing skills. Though I feel drawn to more cerebral topics, I would like my writing to be an engaging emotional journey none the less.
Someday I hope I figure out a way to assemble my short works into something more coherent and with a more obvious purpose. But right now, these tidbits are the best I can do.
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