Writing is Telepathy

What is writing? Writing is telepathy.

Stephen King

Stephen King has the best quotes for writers. I found this quote and then had to look up the definition for telepathy to make sure I was understanding the word properly. So, here’s the definition,
“the supposed communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses.” And now that I read the definition I can fully agree. The act of writing has been such an enlightening experience for me that I can only be convinced that there’s other senses. My first project was a historical fiction novel, and the research began finding me. It was all so fascinating. Reminds me of a line in an essay titled The Door by EB White,

He crossed (carefully) the room, the thick carpet under him softly, and went toward the door carefully, which was glass and he could see himself in it, and which, at his approach, opened to allow him to pass through; and beyond he half expected to find one of the old doors that he had known, perhaps the one with the circle, the one with the girl her arms outstretched in loveliness and beauty before him. But he saw instead a moving stairway, and descended in light (he kept thinking) to the street below and to the other people. As he stepped off, the ground came up slightly, to meet his foot.

https://americanliterature.com/author/eb-white/short-story/the-door

There’s millions of new worlds to explore and writing allows it to all unfold at your fingertips. It can unfold so quickly it’s as if the story is finding you.

What about you? What’s your experience with writing or the arts in general?

Find that Fire

Today I was reminded to inspire myself, and to find that fiery passion of mine. I’ve been focused to much on other things lately that my focus shifted away from the things that light up mu soul. My heart is full, and I’m more grateful than I’ve ever been. It’s strange really. listen to this, sitting in my current thoughts right now helped me to see that there’s a big difference between a full and greatful heart vs a lit up soul. I’ve never really thought about that.

I gotta find that fire buried in me.

Rest and Joy

I’m so good at sleeping that I can do it with my eyes closed

It was an early morning along with a great day, but now I’m tired. I’m grateful for where I am in life and that the work I do feels good. What’s interesting is while writing this I was thinking something along the lines of, “I’ve earned my tiredness,” but I’ve learned over the years, you don’t have to earn your tiredness. When you’re tired, you’re supposed to rest. That is how our bodies are designed especially for longevity. Taking a nap or a rest does not make you lazy, on the contrary, it allows you to do your work more efficiently. If not work, it supports internal labor like fighting colds and sickness or healing the spirit. I’m so glad that I caught my thoughts and corrected them.

It’s not only rest that I learned to respect. More recently, I learned to intentionally do things that bring me joy. My job brings me joy. So what a gift it is to be able to have access to a good rest and joy for the sake of joy, the two things I invite in my life. I don’t push them away. I don’t shame myself for them.

And it was Good

Genesis

How about you? What do you think about rest? What kind of things bring you joy?

Walk with Me

I changed the theme of my blog to include my writing mentoring business and it has taken me forever to put my top four blog posts widget back on the bottom of the page. So I wanted to take some time tonight under this gorgeous (almost) full moon to reshare some of my most popular posts of all time.

The first one is of course about love. It’s title How to Love a Symbolist Poet. This post was a lot of fun for me. It brought me back to childhood, made me feel like a teenager reading Cosmo magazine all over again.

The second one is titled What’s Worth Fighting For. I lean heavily passivist so if I’m fighting about something, it’s something that’s truly important to me.

The third one is a poem titled Love Song. It’s one of my most favorite poems. There’s something about this poem that marries inspiration and darkness along with masculine and feminine. Felt good to write and feels good to read.

The Last (but not least) is Pace Yourself. I am always racing to get to where I want to be. In writing and in my ambitions. I often forget to take my time to feel things out. This one is what I’m constantly reminding myself.

I’ve come a long way since I wrote those. What an amazing walk down memory lane.

Artist Date #9

2 Artist dates down, 8 more left to go.

So keeping commitments aren’t always fun. Today, I had to drag myself out of my house. I was tired and grumpy which is probably why an artist date was my families best option. I decided to look around the craft store, didn’t find much. So I went to the next store and found a handful of small things that brought me joy. A Kawaii book with both coloring and how-to-draw Kawaii. I walked over to the local café and colored for a while before got my purchase. They gave it to me for free AND then a friendly woman give me a couple of books and thanked me for the joy I bring to the world. It was nice of her. (And I just showed her where all the plugs were. lol) I appreciate all the kindness I was shown today and I hope it continues all around me.

To be completely honest, I would have still been ok with staying home even after all the gifts and compliments. But what’s more important is showing up for myself even when I don’t want to. You know why? Because I’m not gunna be out here forgetting about myself. It’s too easy for me to do that. I have too much to give to allow myself to be so depleted that I have nothing left. It’s my time. It’s my time to shine. To love the way I love to love. To show up for me and for those around me. I’m passionate about this life I live and it brings me so much joy to walk beside those who find the passion with me. So if this is what I have to do to live the bestest most amazing life that the good Lord has to offer me, I’ll go on all the solitude/artist dates I have to.

Wanna take the challenge with me?

There’s 8 weeks left in 2022!! Join me by taking yourself on an artist date once a week for the rest of the year. Share with me. Artist dates are only allowed to be done in solitude. If you’d like to learn more about the Artist date, I wrote a blog about it titled “Inspire Yourself” you can find it here.

Let’s finish 2022 out strong creatives!!

Sidenote: I made an booboo last week, I thought there was ten weeks left last Sunday but there was only 9 weeks. I updated it.

Don’t forget to like, share, follow let’s see if I stay committed to my artist dates till 2023

Abundance Affirmation

I’ve been focused lately on playing catch up with everything we’ve been missing out on over the past two years. I’m starting with the basics and I’ll hopefully get to the point where I can get us ahead with some things. It’s easy for us to go without for a some time, but I’m grateful that we can provide ourselves with some new socks, pjs, family nights, decent hygiene products, and all the fun stuff that gets put off when the funds are low. And while I’m at it, I also want to make sure I’m intentionally taking care of myself. Since before my little one was born, I’ve put off a lot of things that bring me joy. I’m trying my best to make the best of this time. I am very much enjoying myself, my life, and the direction it’s headed.

This post reminds me of an affirmation:

Everything I need to create infinite abundance is within me. Living in abundance allows me to take care of all those I love.

Latest Albums

I’m in heaven right now with Beyonce and Taylor Swifts new albums. Everyday those two albums are played too or from work. I’m the type that plays the same album for months. I have to share my three favs

First Taylor Swifts Vigilante Shit

And the second two Beyonce That Girl and Cozy

What albums are you listening to right now?

Good Distractions

The ultimate goal of this process is for us to be able to choose to “distract” ourselves (i.e., get out of our heads, let go of our negative worries, and take a conscious break from the day-to-day stress of life) in a truly healthy way.

Mike Robbins

I appreciate a good distraction that gives me a break from some other negative feeling, like fear. Hype me up when I’m down on myself. Tell me I’m doing great when I’m intentionally trying to learn something new. Heck, tell me an interesting story when things get hard or stressful. I appreciate that. Yesterday, I wrote about my top three distractions. Today, I wanted to just say that not all distractions are bad. We don’t need to fight to focus so hard that we’re no longer having fun. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to practice discipline and focus. But it’s also good to let yourself enjoy the distractions that come at the perfect time especially if they bring you joy.

My Top 3 Distractions

We all have our distractions. I think allowing some distraction is important. It invites creativity to flow in the background without pressure. But there’s times when distraction is too much of a distraction. For the sake of blogging and connection, I wanted to share my top distractions.

Let’s start with the most recent biggest distraction from writing, my job. I absolutely love my job so I welcome these distractions with arms wide open.

Second biggest distraction is my phone. What’s annoying is I’ll be doing something that requires my phone like looking up a phone number to fill out a form, then I get distracted by some other thing on my phone! My phone distracts me from my phone! This can happen like over and over again sometimes.

Third biggest distraction is food and tea. I always like to have a hot tea before I write and a snack before I write. It sounds like preparation or ritual which it is but sometimes, it feels like my better option is to write.

How bout you? What are your top three distractions

Power

If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

On top of this quote you should only believe half of what you see. What does it mean if a man treats his inferiors not well? How does not well look? What counts as inferior?

What if he treats his equals like trash and treats the inferiors with respect? Is that equally as bad?

I think we should treat everyone with kindness but what I’m taking away from this is that you can tell a man’s character by the way he wields his power.