You must say it
Speak it to the page
Fill the blanks
Over and over again
With the utterances of mind
Unravel the thoughts
Break them
Into tiny portions
Exploring everything
Until it is defeated
Having eaten itself
You begin again
Taking things from within
Emptying
Don’t hold to anything
It doesn’t matter
The main thing
Is to get them out
Swept daily
The mind becomes a place of profound potential
Then refill it
With only the essential
Most beautiful
Extraordinary
Thoughts
And renew them
Constantly
*Jordan Peterson says (in his book 12 Rules for life)
“People organize their brains with conversation. If they don’t have anyone to tell their story to, they lose their minds. Like hoarders, they cannot unclutter themselves.”
Have your ever met with someone and they cannot stop talking, words tumble out of them over and over
It happens to me quite a bit and all I have asked is a simple “how are you?”
Writing is healing because unburdens, untangles and evicts stale energy and thoughts that would otherwise remain trapped
The beauty of it is you don’t have to wait for someone to talk to
Talk to the page
Mostly, I find better answers there anyway
😁
Yep. You’ve got that right. 🙂
So well said, Kate! I share the same feeling when you say: “Writing is healing because unburdens, untangles and evicts stale energy and thoughts that would otherwise remain trapped.” I started writing as a form of therapy in dealing with the unexpected animosity between me and my mother, following our reunion after more than thirty years apart.
I think writing is active reflection and active healing – and it works. Thinking without writing is passive and can be very toxic. I hope it helped with your relationship with your Mum or at least with your processing of that friction.
During the writing process of my first novel, I did have a moment of clarity regarding the reason for my abandonment on three separate occasions in my life. It’s amazing how we can fail to see the obvious common factor in our failed relationships.