Inspiration

‘Spent the past week cleaning and painting the inside of my new house. It was long days for a long week. A big thank you goes out to my friends, Mary Kay and Janet, who helped me. Try as they might to turn me on to a new hobby, painting simply did not bring me bliss as writing does. It was as if painting were an intuition, a wonder, and a perception of creativity to be had, or so they believed. Then, why didn’t I get the same incredible feeling I get when I write, if that were so? Thank goodness I wasn’t left alone to paint, but instead had my two good friends beside me, and that in and of itself was the joy in each day of running a paintbrush around the corner, and along the next baseboard.     

   If only I had held a pen in my hand, instead of a paintbrush. When it comes to writing, an embedded flow of innate ideas, plans, scenes and characters unfold. To visualize and know the characters, events, associated feelings and additional ramifications by heart, pushes me forward with excitement. It causes me to look forward to sharing with my readers a story which provokes and pulls at our strings.

   Then, yesterday the furniture got moved in, (thank you Jim and Brad), and first thing this morning my writing area was set up. I’m at home with my pet finches, and more boxes to unpack. The unpacking can be done on my own schedule; a few minutes at a time. My writing can’t wait!

   With stuff to do (unpacking) and stuff I want to do (writing), inspiration is boundless. Tired from the move, I envision and share with you, quotes from a few remarkable women (and one man):

“Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the highly complex and satisfying process of creation” —May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist. 1912-1995.

“Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.”—Sylvia Plath, Renowned Poet. 1932-1963.

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” —Brene Brown, Research Professor and author.

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” —Dolly Parton, Singer-songwriter.

"Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers."—Emilie du Chatelet, French mathematician, physicist, and author during the Age of Enlightenment.

“Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity." —Mae Jemison, Astronaut.

“No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.” —Martha Beck, Author. 

“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” —Oprah Winfrey, Media Host and philanthropist.  

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall, Scientist and U.N. Messenger of Peace. 

 

And my favorite of the day:

“Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.”—Ernest Hemingway, Classic Novelist. 1899-1961.

 

Emilie du Chatelet

1706-1749











-Elle-