Not sure what to write tonight. Remember when I said, back in my very first blog that some of them may be like a Jerry Seinfeld episode - about nothing... Well, I think this is one of them.
I absolutely LOVE writing, I absolutely love the art of writing. You see, I can't draw (except for stick figures). I can't paint (Thank you Paula, for that beautiful day you took us out to a cove in Gloucester to teach - you are a great teacher, I am just a horrible painter - but I tried, right?!). I can't sing (though, trust me, in the car, when I am all alone, I am a ROCK STAR!!!). I am not a very good dancer, either (but give me a few drinks, and I am like dancing with the stars and yes, to me, I am a star ;). So writing is MY thing. I love to do it, not sure if I am good at it, but I sure do love to put my thoughts down on paper (type it on a computer). It makes me feel like I have a talent in something.
When I was younger I had tons of journals, I could write in them all day long, but usually I would write in them right before I went to bed. I honestly think I had about 20+ notebooks of just page after page of my thoughts. When I went away to college my mother "cleaned" out my draw with my journals in them, and I never saw them again. I was heart broken.
At the time, I never thought those notebooks would amount to much, and I am sure they wouldn't have, but that was the start of my love for writing. Just being able to write down my thoughts each day. It made me feel like I was able to live that day over, of how I felt and reflect back on things I may have missed had I not taken the time to write them down.
Don't you wish you could, like a book, turn back pages and reflect on past chapters of your life? To me, that is what writing does.
What helps you reflect on life? What place do you have to go to, whether it be in front of a canvas, behind a microphone or sitting on your couch, to find yourself and reflect?
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