I got to thinking last night how much my life has changed in the past year - some sudden shifts that shocked, and some others that crept quietly through the undergrowth and produced a subtle sense of unease until they stepped out in front of me.
That kind of upheaval happens everywhere, even in the economy and the environment, and it seems to me to be cyclical. I've had up to 15 years of a comfortable routine, before some critical component is yanked away and I have to replace it or adapt to getting along without it.
Some people even seek that experience, giving up their jobs to travel or teach a second language in a foreign country.
What I want to know is, how many of us are able to write about it while it's happening?
Because I don't seem to be able to do it. Before this round, I was finally capturing the essence of things I witnessed twenty years ago or more; it seems to take a long time for ideas to filter down to my fingers.
Well, I guess it's better than having no filter at all! and there are worse things, aren't there, than not writing. (hard as that is to believe, some days.)
1 comment:
I think it is perhaps that at the moment it is too raw and there is too much pain and discomfort..... Maybe too much emotion to be able to process it all and get it down on paper .
I am sure it will happen in time.
xxx
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