I signed up for a blog and then stared at it for at least a week. Well, I didn’t literally stare at it. But a version of it rattled in my brain like the chains of a ghost hellbent on haunting me until I either stayed awake all night to meet it or moved. What would this be? Who would be the me I chose to portray here?
After much internal discussion, the various aspects of my personality unanimously agreed to create this as a sort of literary sanctuary. While I am capable of, and often prone to, writing as a cynic (read smartass), it is here that I shall put the purer part of my self. Here I will chronicle my spiritual evolution. Here I will attempt to observe, explore and understand my highest self, even when I seem to be observing it from a distance.
I have no idea how often I will come here. I have set no schedule, made no vow. This is where I will come when I need to find a place of peace in words. As a meditator, those two things could seem mutually exclusive — peace and words. As a writer, I must see if I can create that place. My verbal meditation. My silent word.
“How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given…” wrote Phillips Brooks in his poem. “And the Word became flesh…” wrote the author of John. Silence and words are not mutually exclusive, my friend. I happen to very much love the idea of creating a space for a silent word! In other “words”… you GO, girl.
Looking forward to what else will be spoken in the silence here…
David
What a wonderful idea. I am so glad to be on the “short list.” I know what you mean here about silence and words. It seems when I stop thinking I write best. Rather than allowing the left brain to control and direct the thoughts, I allow the thoughts to flow up from a deeper place first, and then language joins them. This is a rare thing when it happens and is definitely a meditation. Being and allowing versus doing and forcing. So anyway, I am honored to be allowed to read your words and know your heart.
Love,
Lj
glad you are being creative my friend,,.. and feeling the creativity as well. and thanks for reminding me to stop.