Friendship, Safety, and Discovery

"Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also a place

to go in your head.  It is the imaginary friend

you drink your tea with in the afternoon."

Ann Patchett

In my heart, I feel the definition of writing is too limited.  Writing is very expansive appearing in endless forms.  Any person can write if they simply remove structures for educational purposes.  Often people say, "I'm not a very good speller," or "I have nothing to say."  Neither is a good reason to not write.

Spelling or grammar has nothing to do with personal writing.  In a journal, no one else is going to see it anyway.  Entries can be phrases or simply sketched figures or forms.  There is no strictness to writing.  If anything, the intent of writing can be endless.

Pick up a pencil, begin to write whatever comes to mind and do not stop.  Just keep the pencil to the page and eventually something will appear.  A novice may have to do this repeatedly before breaking down the barriers within the mind.  With consistency, our imagination pushes through and we discover realms within offering friendship, safety and discovery.