When the inspiration is not a gimmick but an alibi
So if in some inspiration can be seen as a (false) device, other than the connotation takes the excuse (I use the term "inspiration" meaning both its presence - "I'm inspired and then write" - and its lack - "are not inspired and therefore do not do it").
In this context, not in a "state of grace" becomes an excuse to hide from something or hiding something, not to face ourselves or others, might be the laziness of the "start ...", or the reluctance to face the comparison with a model, often ideal, but it is overwhelming to us, the disappointment of pleasure, the insecurity of the moment, the uncertainty of the judgments of others, or the fear of our inner censor. Giriamola as we please, but the result is that you do not write .
But I firmly believe that every occasion and every mood have in them the potential to make us write . It is up to us to seize the opportunity offered to us and germinate the seed.
Read this key is not to be inspired because you are not in the mood becomes a false problem because it is the diversity (in this case the different mood) to be a stimulus. The difference in status
, if accepted, allows the "sacred fire" to emerge vital and free, ways, original and often unexpected, which might also be surprised by the turn taking particular as you compose on paper. Here come the
reversal of perspective: from "I feel now and then I do not write xxx" to "I am writing today because I feel xxx".
And here I am aware of a misunderstanding quite common. Xxx feel does not necessarily mean talking! You can write about everything and always, just that you write differently if instead you feel xxx yyy. That's it.
Example . A plate of macaroni and tomato.
is the first thing that came to mind. You can replace the pasta with the remote control of the decoder, the plastic cup on the shelf with a forgotten remnant of Coca yesterday, the HB pencil with the eraser on the back or whatever you want. The meaning does not change.
Ok, I have my plate of pasta sauce in my head. It is 8 o'clock in the morning. These are the data. Now let's see how to proceed.
Since it is 8 o'clock in the morning I could interpret this sudden vision as a sign that they are hungry.
I open several possibilities. Talking about my state of mind xxx (hunger): how I feel when I'm hungry, what are my emotional reactions to hunger, how I react to the hunger of others, and so on, or hang on to why I'm hungry (for example because I missed dinner, or because they are on a diet).
But as I said before, this is just one of the possibilities and feel xxx does not necessarily mean talking about (because if I replace the hunger pain for the loss of a child or anger about the theft of a car or a disappointment friend may be difficult to talk about it).
A second possibility, then, is to let my mood xxx speak for me. I could then take advantage
dell'acquolina to describe my pasta dish, what kind of pasta? Macaroni. And if they were handmade pappardelle? Of those who hold the rough sauce so good? And what about the sauce? Tomato. Ok, but how is this sauce? Past simple? Tomato and basil? Diced tomatoes with sautéed onions? I put parmesan or pecorino?
is that my mood has turned a simple idea into something more complex and maybe I will also like writing the recipe to a friend or invent my own version.
think now a completely different situation. Replacing the hungry with the aftermath of indigestion. I decide not to focus on the description of my emotional status but I use it as a filter to look at reality. How do I get this time my plate of pasta? It will be a large portion like the one I ate last night? Or will it be minimized to the law of retaliation? With or without bacon?
If you are angry about the theft of the car could be a prey to hunger or obsessive-compulsive. My dish of macaroni, then it becomes a pasta dish, which I do not care as long as you can eat, the sauce is a sauce, in fact, the tomato sauce poured into the pot straight from the bottle. No tablecloth or placemat. A plate on the table naked. Better yet, a flat hand in front of the television.
Hence the circle is closed and I have written anyway, even if at first thought I was wrong mood.
So far I have talked about considering it as a passion of writing "hobby". In the next post I make one more step and I speak of how this change of perspective is essential when must write, that is, when you write for work.
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