Topic: Inspiration
Wednesday 6:13pm 13Dec06
I like to underline phrases in other peoples writing as a jumping off point for my writing. Digging for nuggets is what I call it. I probably got that term from some book but maybe I didn't, who knows?
In Remembered Rapture, bell hooks quotes Rumi, "Do you want the words or will you live what you know?"
Lately my life seems to feel as though it's about choices in an either/or stance. If I ask for this I can't ask for that. I'm not sure where these limitations came from. What I really need to be looking at is having the best of both worlds. I am a mingler by nature. I like to be around different people not focusing in on one type or group of people too tough. Even my taste in men doesn't fall under a cookie cutter type. I need to guide my life into the variety. A buffet or smorgasbord of all the things I love.
bell hooks response is that she writes to live.
I want a party and discipline. I want the man and the silence. I want the words and I want to live what I know. Instead of just wanting it all, I want to have as much of all as I can get.
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