These are lines that stuck out to me when reading a book called Wild Mind, Living the writers life. By, Natalie Goldberg. (Part 12)
- There you have it; we are human beings. My writing self is braver than my human self, the part of me that is not a warrior of truth & words, lags behind. We have to take it all into consideration. (If I'm not writing my truth what am I writing?)
- Yes I will always be true to my writer self. She is very brave & fearless, but I've learned she doesn't care about n-e-thing else; like my health, my contentment, my well being. I used to follow her blindly & leave the rest of me homeless, shoeless, & hungry. Now I work to care for all of me, so when I do publish the truth, I'll have a life to stand on, to steady me when I bring to light the deepest secrets of my soul. (It's like she wrote this for me.)
- Being a writer in our society is making a choice outside the norm. Writing practice brings us back to the uniqueness of our own minds and an acceptance of it. We all have wild dreams, fantasies and ordinary thoughts. Let us feel the texture of them and not be afraid of them. writing is still the wildest thing I know! ( Agreed)
- This is human life. Sometimes nothing makes sense. No one way contains it all. (Preach)
- When you write, you tap the core of your wildness, you have to be prepared to let that live inside you & not destory it. Write the truth! (My truth is hard for me to tell, this is where I get the energy)
- Writing is a great journey. It is a path with the possibility of making us free! (It make me feel free all the time.)
- I thought of the pain of writing, I thought it was more painful never to write. (Agreed)
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