Free writing free writing I am supposed to be free writing how am I feeling today? funny but good. I keep saying I am Here & I wish I had better words & I suppose I would if I sat with them for longer but I'm also running from that. Running because I want to keep this piece of peace for myself because I don't think anyone will understand appreciate it & I am afraid letting it out will diminish it. Don't the dark things unleashed usually work this way? Get smaller as they spread become less intense? But I NEED this bit of peace. I need it to grow in me first, as a sapling, before it can bear fruit for anyone else. I've worked hard for peace. I want others to know they can too but but! It is singular. it is individual. I want them to know--I want myself to know IT IS OKAY IF NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU, your pain, & your joy.
This free-writing time gave me a layer of acceptance about that last line, which is something I struggle with a lot.
[When I wrote this, I was struggling to describe a bit of peace I've found in recent weeks. But after writing out these fears, I've started writing about the peace.]
Thanks for your question, Tobi! I’m assuming this is in reference to my free write from this week, quoted above, to which I would reply that I wrote it free hand and then transcribed it here. There was definitely some scribbling involved!
I’m of the mind that free writing should be an embodied practice. I always use pen and paper. I transferred it here so everyone could see what a free write might sound like.
Free writing free writing I am supposed to be free writing how am I feeling today? funny but good. I keep saying I am Here & I wish I had better words & I suppose I would if I sat with them for longer but I'm also running from that. Running because I want to keep this piece of peace for myself because I don't think anyone will understand appreciate it & I am afraid letting it out will diminish it. Don't the dark things unleashed usually work this way? Get smaller as they spread become less intense? But I NEED this bit of peace. I need it to grow in me first, as a sapling, before it can bear fruit for anyone else. I've worked hard for peace. I want others to know they can too but but! It is singular. it is individual. I want them to know--I want myself to know IT IS OKAY IF NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU, your pain, & your joy.
Acceptance.
This free-writing time gave me a layer of acceptance about that last line, which is something I struggle with a lot.
[When I wrote this, I was struggling to describe a bit of peace I've found in recent weeks. But after writing out these fears, I've started writing about the peace.]
Christianna, I'm probably the only one that'll ask this question:
how did you pull off writing two pages without scribbling or cancelling any word? How?🫣
Thanks for your question, Tobi! I’m assuming this is in reference to my free write from this week, quoted above, to which I would reply that I wrote it free hand and then transcribed it here. There was definitely some scribbling involved!
I’m of the mind that free writing should be an embodied practice. I always use pen and paper. I transferred it here so everyone could see what a free write might sound like.
oh! that was smart. Even though you re-wrote it to the page it's still very commendable how you didn't make any mistakes.
Thanks, Tobi! I try, haha.