Life is not orderly (An Anthology)

These are lines that stuck out to me when reading a book called Wild Mind, Living the writers life. By, Natalie Goldberg.

Life is not orderly, no matter how we try 2 make life so. Right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love or drop a jar of apple sauce. (Don't I know it to be true)

What brings you back to a natural state of mind? The wildness of your mind where there is no refined rows of gladiolas. The mind is raw, full of energy, alive & hungry. It does not think in the way we were brought up to think-well mannered, congenial. (Think about ur mind, is it wild? The thing that brings me back to a natural state of mind always seems to be music or writing out my feelings.)

Being a writer is a whole way of life, a way of seeing, thinking, being. It's the passing on of a lineage. Writers hand on what they know. (We definitely hand on what we know to our readers & yes writing is something a writer just does.)

When you take care of something it lives a long time. (Agree or disagree?)

We don't see how a writer organizes her day or dreams up writing ideas. (Yes even being the writer sometimes ideas come out of nowhere!)

-Photo by, Jodie Spartz

You can purchase Natalie Goldberg's book here: https://nataliegoldberg.com/books/wild-mind-living-the-writers-life/

I also wrote & published 3 books, you can check them out here: https://www.lulu.com/search?sortBy=RELEVANCE&page=1&q=Jodie+Spartz&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00

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