Blogging, writing, journaling... I love being creative in these ways. And I do really enjoy writing a blog. But I can't keep it up very well. It's not that I lack the passion, or the time really. Although I lead a busy unpredictable life with small children staying at home, we are just ALL busy. So really being busy isn't much of a reason that I can't blog either. I was trying to think of the reason that I can't seem to keep up the blog. Hmmm...
And what I came up with is this: I tend to do more thinking than writing. Meaning that I have these great blog ideas, and sometimes they go as far as to be kind of written in my head, but when I get to the actual writing of it, the words are gone. (Words escape me, at least the right words, on many other occasions too...)
And then there are times that I have the idea, but not the time to jot it down - then the idea is LONG gone when I do find the time. And the best one - when I have the time - and the desire to write - and there is nothing there. No ideas, no words flowing.
I do have this need for expressing creativity. And I love doing that in words. I keep personal journals - these help to empty out my brain when I am just thinking and ruminating and pondering something. These are usually just very raw - with feelings, fear, hopes, questions, joys, and even laughter. I think these help me get to know me. And also these work many times as written prayers.
I also used to write songs - mainly in high school - but I've done a few (more like poems now) recently. And when I feel a song in my brain, I just have to get it out on paper - and the pen just seems to move itself. It's an amazing feeling of creativity when a song just bursts forth from your mind.
But the blog is different. It's where I want to create something. A story, a picture, capture a memory. It's something for me to share. So here's to me finding the ideas and the time and the way back.
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