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Why I Write
Sunday, July 10, 2016 by Maureen Lewicki
Categories: Empty nest / writer's life
When I see a sculpture I am always drawn to look at it from every angle: walking around it it slowly, looking at it from different angles, helps me to understand it, see its details and feel the emotions the the sculptor wanted to portray.
This is how I feel when I write. An idea comes to mind. It might seem distant and indistinct but the more I reflect on it the more it takes shape and its details are more clear. Turning it in my mind, thinking about something from different angles, asking and wondering about it, I can understand better what the idea is about.
Putting this idea into words seems to be a natural consequence; the way a person might sketch out a picture they see or a sculptor might take a lump of clay and pull and push and form it into what the sculptor imagines it should be.
I need to write. I want to learn to write more effectively for myself but hopefully in doing so others might also read what I have sculpted, understand it and recognize the emotion I have put into it.
My writing is an outlet. Not, hopefully, just to let a thought out, or for someone else to read but rather more like an outlet which a serves a body of water. The Dead Sea has no outlet and is slowly shrinking. Without an outlet a body of water dies.
If I do not write I will not improve my skills. I may not understand the thoughts I have and I may not be able to effectively communicate the emotions that come with the thoughts.
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