...I have been wishing I could write like someone else (which is why there hasn't been a post since May 17th). You see I wanted to write the next Twilight - have you noticed the vampire books located near the Twilight display in the stores? None of them are Twilight they are just written by authors trying to write like Stephanie Meyer.
The world doesn't need another Stephanie Meyer it already has one (ouch). Good, bad, or otherwise, I can only write about what I know. And, what I know is that as unique and isolated as I may think I am at times; there others facing the same challenges and fears; that whatever it is will pass and I can choose to either grow through it go through it repeatedly until I learn. Furthermore, anything less or different from my true self will come across contrived.
Do you ever feel the tug to be like someone else? to be different than the fearfully and wonderfully made individual you are? (If not, open a magazine or watch enough television to sit through a commercial break - you will receive plenty of suggestions for what you should be, could be, and would be if you buy their product.)
e.e. cummings said "Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, (and) spontaneous delight..." If you're like me, you could use a little bit more spontaneous delight. Be who you are as often as you can and not only you, but the rest of us will be richer for it.
This blog was started when I thought I should be a writer. I no longer think that so this blog is just my little page of thoughts, photos, and the occasional painting.
