So it's been a while since I've posted anything mostly because I joined this writing circle a few weeks ago and as part of the program, we're supposed to write "morning pages" everyday...So I've been a little tapped out when it comes to reflection these past few weeks.
The writing program is based on this book and the idea that we're 'blocked artists' and we have to recover our inner artist. The last chapter in the book was about affirmation and affirming that you're, in fact, an artist. I didn't really relate to this as I know I'm a writer; I don't need some book to tell me that. I'm a writer because I write...not necessarily because I make a living doing so, but right now, that's ok. I also don't know about being a 'blocked artist,' I don't necessarily see myse;f that way, either...However, in this week's chapter, the book talked about how being skeptical can inhibit your artistic impulses, and since I am a pretty skeptical person, I'd tend to agree. The book also encourages the idea that not all writing has to be 'good,' it just has to be 'writing'...that's the point of the free-writing.
I did free-writing in classes in college and never really got into it...but now I feel it's important to set aside 20 minutes a day to write, no matter what you write about. In fact, it doesn't have to be about anything...it just has to be writing.
I'm also not big on writing about writing, but soemtimes its helpful to find out what gets you going. So I'll go to the group tonight, with the goal reached of allotting time everyday for writing, even if it's song lyrics to fill up the 3rd page of my free-writing...As for being a blocked artist, I still don't know about that one...but I'll let you know if I get 'unblocked.'
