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“Lord, what fools these mortals be.” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
One just ought to look around; but as fools as we might be, we are also capable of greatness, of beauty, of art, of soulful awe, of kind deeds, of self-less sacrifices, of loving deeds, of creativity. And that is how we cannot deny our divine traces.
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“Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.” (Twelfth Night, or What You Will)
This one made me smile. Although it refers to a hanging as punishment, and in the context of Shakespeare’s play, it made me think about the small issues in a marriage. The economic meltdown in the country affected many families and brought the best and bad in us. So, what prevents a bad marriage and promotes a good one? A good hanging – well, let’s not get scared here, metaphorically speaking.
There are many little issues that we keep inside to ourselves and eat away our spirits, our love, our marriage. Maybe it would be a good idea to do a symbolical hanging of all the small issues that we carry on the inside, and expose them, hang them, or hang them to dry if you must, let the sunshine lighten the load, and work them out with your love one.
“He hath a heart as sound as a bell and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks.” – Much Ado About Nothing
Love it! Our bells ring of love, hate, joy, sadness, passion, hurt, envy, anger, awe, spirit … What ever melody we play inside, notes play on the outside. Might as well become instruments for good, praise, and the highest Love. In the end, the music we send out vibrates back to us.
The snow inspired me today, so I decided to write a few verses.
White blanket of dreams,
one by one falling.
Covering my Universe,
Hearts of many, minds of few.
Ice age in frozen time,
one by one dreams are falling
as snowflakes unique
white blanket of dreams.
If I ever wake up from dreamland that’s thawed,
flowers of ice would grow amongst us.
One by one dreams are falling,
Petals of ice, frozen desires.
Hope you enjoyed my attempt at poetry 🙂
The title of this post may sound a bit dramatic; however, it is the opposite – it is more about simplicity in your daily routine. On an earlier post, I talked about creation for and with love. Blessing your surroundings with your soul’s creations is related to that love. Doing things lovingly for you, your family, and everyone who will share your surroundings is part of that love. However, there are many ways in which you can enrich your surroundings, and one of them is by being creative in what you do.
We live hurried lives, and many times we function on the auto mode. By minding the moment and giving it your own touch (creativity) you will enhance the mood, the moment, the task … When you do this you operate from simplicity, and you bless your surroundings thru your creative spirit. A simple task of washing dishes (or loading the dishwasher) can become significant, as opposed to being a menial task. Creativity comes in many forms, visual and non-visual, as a colorful arrangement of fresh-cut flowers at the dinning table or as a gentle breeze flowing thru an open window.
As you continue to bless your surroundings with your creativity, inspiration will continue to flow.
Here is an image to inspire you to write a story, a poem, or whatever you’d like. Sometimes, looking at a picture is just what it takes. The following is today’s inspirational picture and a short sample of poetry I just wrote while looking at it for this post.
Blue moon of silver made
shining thru the popcorn sky
take my heart and breath away
my desires bring to life.
Are your challenges for writing excuses?
Here it is the 100 post of the Writer’s Wisdom series. It has been my joy to write them and I hope that you have enjoyed them too. I chose this topic for this post because we make hundreds of excuses about our writing. Sometimes, we disguise them and call them challenges. We all have real challenges, however when we use excuses as challenges, we hurt ourselves and our work. This applies to writing, but also, to everything in our lives.
Are we using our dated computer as an excuse? Our lack of control over the assignments we take? The book that won’t write itself because the Muse seems to be on strike? Or maybe it is the neighbor that plays loud music and does not let you focus? – (earplugs do exist).
Whatever our challenges are, we should look at them as opportunities to grow in our craft and not as excuses. Whatever our excuses are, we should not dress them in “challenge attire,” but face them instead.
Everyone has challenges, every one of us makes excuses at one point in our lives; it is what we do with them that will hinder or promote our growth.
Happy Writing!
Using Real Life as Inspiration
Ever felt like there is no more inspiration; like the well has run dry and your Muse ran away? Whether you are working on a short story, a novel, a poem, or a blog post, inspiration is right there – in real life. Think of news clips, bits of conversations that leak around you as you go about your daily routine, images of people at a distance that are without sound but rich in gestures and body movement – all that is inspiration, and it is free. Use it, it is there for the taking; it is there to inspire you and make your mind awake, but only when you pay attention and are mindful of your surroundings.
So, when uninspired, open your senses, awake your Muse.
Every writer is a writer.
At first glance this may seem as a sentence without much meaning or even much sense. However, what prompted me to write it was that it occurred to me that sometimes we are quick to criticize other’s work without going deeper. Some might stop reading at the first grammatical error they encounter, others at the first cliché. I have read about a best-selling author giving an opinion on another writer (now a best-selling author) and saying that the author did not know how to write. The author became a sensation overnight. I guess my point is that we should not judge or ill criticize the writing of others just because it does not follow our style and common rules. There are no Gods in the world of writing just writers.
One thing is to present a piece to the world that is poorly written and obviously, without much care – that shows in writing. Another, is to write different from the masses. We should work on improving our writing everyday.
What happens when writing does not meet your expectations?
There are many ways we can approach the answer to that question. It is a matter of individual experience, and whatever your expectations are as a writer. At one point or another we will ask that question to ourselves, to the writer inside, and we may or may not like the answer. Or maybe, we might not have an answer at all – at least yet.
Sometimes, you will work hard, and harder, but the results and rewards just don’t show up in a pretty package. What then? Do you beat yourself up? Do you get discouraged and stop writing? Do you take a break to clear your mind and find a new path? Do you just ignore your feelings and keep writing anyway? Maybe, you will think of another approach to your writing.
Whatever your answer, it is one that you must deal with to be able to find your way as a writer – I am still figuring that one. If writing is your passion, keep at it. If you have to try different approaches, then try them. If you need to take a break and clear your mind, then do so. Do what you have to do, and what you need to do to find your writing path. For some it will take longer than others. Look at the different life stories of best-selling authors. For some it happened fast, while others took years figuring out that they belonged writing.
I guess my point is, a true writer finds a path.
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