Sunday afternoon, my two daughters went shopping with their mother. After finishing dealing with the lawn in the garden and clean up my self, the adventure in cyberspace gets its turn again.
After reading some emails, while listening to Pink Floyd, I began to calm myself to choose an idea to write something for this challenge. Suddenly one question arose followed by its friends, in droves. I do not know where it came from, but it was an interesting question. Why am I writing? And why am I faithful to those themes? What about other people? What are the benefits to me, and my writing benefits to others?
That’s how the questions burst into my mind and have kept me silent for a quite long time. There are many reasons and answers flowing and clinging to them, but one thing is clear, I just want to write, I just want to say something, either to whom, whether read or not, I do not really care. I just want to write.
The discussion in mind eventually invited other speakers and this is what Anthony De Mello says:
“Some people write to make a living; others to share their insights or raise questions that will haunt their readers; others yet to understand their very souls. None of these will last. That distinction belongs to those who write it because they do not write they would burst … These writers give expression to the divine – no matter what they write about. ”
How about you?
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I write because I want to help others, and I just love writing.
That is good reasons, my friend!
Pink Floyd? Good man!
Yeah! Pink Floyd is my loyal friend, brother!
do you listen to other progressive bands or just Floyd?
I listen to almost every rock genre, specifically about progressive rock I listen to and likes other groups as well as ELP, Genesis, Yess, Gentle Giant, Marillion, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, etc.
Marillion?!? They’re my favorite band, you’ve got great taste…
Yeah, Marillion has great music!
I was so bummed when Fish left the band
I also have the same feelings about it!
What’s your favorite album and song?
My favorite album is “Misplaced Childhood” but the song I love most is “Happiness Is The Road”
I’m with you on Misplaced Childhood, I am a fool for concept albums. Brave is also solid. My favorite song by Hogarth is Dry Land…
In addition to Marillion, what other groups do you like about this genre?
Progressive? In no particular order: Pink Floyd, Rush, ELP, Styx, Tangerine Dream, Alan Parson’s Project and lately a buddy of mine got me into Spock’s Beard
Well, we have similar tastes in terms of progressive rock.
…and spouses! along with many other things, I expect
I’m pretty sure about that!
We seem to share a lot of common ground
A thing that was once common but now different is our hair, I once have a long black hair like you but now no longer.
I weep for your loss, my brother
Now I am weeping because of your weep, brother
Don’t get me started, I promised I would be strong
It does make us sad but it’s better if we let it go!
Agreed, we must be stoic about this
You know why I write. It helps work through my pain. One day I will come to a place in my life where I will write about the flowers or the sky or anything! Right now it is healing to continue as I am going. Sometimes I think we do not need a reason if we really enjoy doing something. Just do it! 🙂
Perfect! Various reasons have been the cause of almost everything we do, but actually, if we do everything based on Love and contemplative consciousness, we do not need any reason to do it, and we need not be forced by the word “must!” and “obligations”. Just do it!
I like those words… Just do it. Takes all the pressure off. 🙂
Yeah! But I hope we’re not talking about the tagline of an ad here! Hehehe…
No, they have that in another world and making millions from it!
I mean literally and you know that. Silly man. 🙂
Hahaha… The compliment made me very happy, Carol!
I can not write like you wisely. But I’m here every day, of course when I can. To tell others. Where I’ve been and what I’ve seen. If people do not read it. They will lose to learn new things, learn interesting facts. I was already in this place. I read before publishing some interesting facts. Who loses me or who does not read it?
I think our similarity is that we love sharing something, Elenka. Apart from the content, we are happy to contribute something to others, right?
So, unwittingly, I opened a challenge article…hmmm, why I write? Many reasons. I like to write because it is a passion. I like the feeling when the words from my brain flows freely into my fingertips to help me create those cobwebs in my mind into something intelligible. It puts the clutter in my head into a perspective that I can understand. It gives me relief and clarity. Pretty much like meditation. Moreover, writing creates a world within a world where I can just be me. That said, I write primarily for myself and not really thinking whether people will like it or not. I appreciate being read, yes, but it is just an icing to the cake.
There are also some similarities about why we write, Harping! Thanks!
There are? Aside from we are both using our fingertips to type? Hahaha! I’m kidding
Really? So far I think you’re just typing with eye gaze! Just by looking at the button of a letter it will click automatically!
Magic has its price, don’t you know? And so it must be used sparingly. I told Doc Andersen I hop on two feet from one key to another when typing words hahaha
What??? You even do other magical ways too! Typing with two feet? I even find it difficult to type with my fingers because these laptop buttons are too small for my fingers!
Hahahahaha why not, coconut? Only “normal” people think that only fingertips can be used for such task — but then toe tips can do the job just as well I swear. Try it some time. Seriously.
I just tried it and the result is beautiful language in meditation!
See? I know you would find beauty in it. And maybe, we should move to another article of yours lol
Move? I do not forbid it at all, even strongly recommend!
Do you feel that I have tied you here? Hehehe…
No. What I feel is that the other articles could use the Virils and the view. I am an entrepreneur even when I am a dreamer.
Hussaahhh… No more words! Go to another post… Husahhhh… Please do not reply, or I will thank you again!
Pixies are pesky creatures who do not appreciate being told kind sir hahaha
Very well, thank you, Pixies. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Upz… I was reminded of a friend who was punished by the teacher by having to write 1,000 “sorry” on the blackboard when I was in elementary school.
And the 1000 story reminded me of when the nuns (aww, yeah, I was also in Catholic school and so how did I end up being this way) did not allow me to leave the classroom at lunch time because I had been into a fight with another kid hahaha. Mind you, my mom was never called to the principal’s office on my account. She said never to pick a fight, however, she did not say never to fight back. I did not start it but I guess I was in better shape after the fight so the nuns allow the other kid to go home and I was told to stay hahaha I think I was given that disciplinary action about 3 times the whole time I was there. Maybe it was the nuns’ fault I got into this path? Lol!
It could be, Harping! How many nuns make mistakes? Calculate it, so then you can calculate also how far you have to go on this path to finish it. LOL
I was joking about it being the nuns’ fault — blame no one because no one and nothing owes us in this world. And why would I worry about calculating anything? I will just go on day by day — I sort of enjoying the ride anyway hahaha
But counting is important because without it you can not enroll MBA and become an entrepreneur!
Looking back, I think my schooling was useless hahaha many stuff I learned, I learned it by myself while in the work environment and thru reading and talking to people. In college, I merely cruised — I study the lessons I like; and the lessons I didn’t like, well, come examination day, I invent my answers to essay questions hahaha and got graded for originality hahaha
Well, I think school is actually a system for embedding logic machines, activating memory banks and giving an amount of generic knowledge other than boosting the ego. But maverick is usually original.
Isn’t logic already present? Seriously. I think there is fault in the system. HUGE. The current system does not support, encourage and enhance what is already present in individual student. What it is prescribing is uniformity and obedience — a system modeled to produce factory-worker-type of students. Why the heck must a kid endure algebra when his inclination is into arts, tell me? Would I be using xyz in my daily life?
If you want to fix a car, you must have a complete set of tools, if you are a painter, you are a painter who has complete garage equipment! Hahahaha…
I have an axe to grind against the curriculum system really that I wrote, I think, 2 or 3 articles in Niume on that subject matter. And I talked a lot about it in different forums. It is complete stupidity to ask the fish to fly when it has no wings. My mom didn’t and never know I almost flunk in my Geometry because I wasn’t taking notes hahaha the teacher was so mad at me and threatened to flunk me (I was in the top 10% of the class so he knew what he was telling me). Luckily, my brother’s girlfriend, who was a friend and a classmate of mine, did all the notes for me so I passed hahaha
There’s always “coincidence” and luck to maverick! Hahayyyy…
Funny, yeah — a lot of it that even when I am at the bottom of the wheel of life, I always believe life will be fine after all — like a blind faith — I call that my fire inside — and why Gemini peeps are quick to notice things I don’t notice
That “believe” that tells me, even shows it on the big screen, so it’s not a peek at all.
Ha! In all the years I lived, I will never understand how I made it — life was damn pretty hard — there was always someone or something that needs either material or moral support ??? and I was busy keeping my life clean and orderly but somehow life would bring mess into it ???
That “believe” that tells me again, as you also realize, all pretty hard damn life just prepare your feet to strong stepped in the path!
Not a coincidence eh? There was a lowest point in my life when all I ever wanted was to go “home” to wherever that “home” is — and a pain in the heart that is not consolable — not sadness, not even emptiness, just that deep pain of longing for that “home” — I still feel that way sometimes but at least now I can pour it in writing
There are some orders in the Catholic Church where the monks live in suffering from the disciplined, as do the Sufis, they are self-willed, and you, even the realm that provides it for you.
Life is contrived — it gives what we need to grow — I am trusting my journey even when I am not certain where it is leading me — I do not know if I am capable of complete surrender but I am learning every day