I can relate to so much of what you have written here:
"I love reading and writing more than anything."
And .....
"I stopped doing the things that once gave me lifeforce to survive this world. I could have lost everything if I kept going down that path. I would have given everything to the machine, and sold out my values."
I feel that, to keep the insane wolf outside the door of ones mind, everyone needs a relief-valve to escape being overwhelmed by the machine.
Similar to your experience, mine is writing and reading. I found it therapeutic to pen my thoughts to page and read them back again.
It is the same feeling radiated by the line from the song 'I Am A Rock':
"I have my books, And my poetry to protect me".
I didn't fully understand that line until I started writing myself.
Writing became my personal relief-valve that fuels hope for the future.
Great article, thanks for sharing and please, keep that ink flowing onto page :-)
Appreciate it! Thinking and writing is so important. I've had a lot of secondhand loss lately and the more I think, read, and write the more I can breathe and be a person.
I can relate to so much of what you have written here:
"I love reading and writing more than anything."
And .....
"I stopped doing the things that once gave me lifeforce to survive this world. I could have lost everything if I kept going down that path. I would have given everything to the machine, and sold out my values."
I feel that, to keep the insane wolf outside the door of ones mind, everyone needs a relief-valve to escape being overwhelmed by the machine.
Similar to your experience, mine is writing and reading. I found it therapeutic to pen my thoughts to page and read them back again.
It is the same feeling radiated by the line from the song 'I Am A Rock':
"I have my books, And my poetry to protect me".
I didn't fully understand that line until I started writing myself.
Writing became my personal relief-valve that fuels hope for the future.
Great article, thanks for sharing and please, keep that ink flowing onto page :-)
Appreciate it! Thinking and writing is so important. I've had a lot of secondhand loss lately and the more I think, read, and write the more I can breathe and be a person.
Let's get someone from NEVERMORE and yourself Harvey on my show to talk about these essays! Maybe WD?
I would love to, and anyone from the group wanting to be on camera and chat. The MIRROR OF VISAGE as my homie calls it.