Writing
I realized not too long ago that when I stay away from writing for too long, I lose my sense of self. It's almost as though I need to write to live. And while that is a horrible cliche (for which I will most assuredly be cast into purgatory), there is something in its simplistic truth that is unavoidable for me. Write to live, live to write.
As thinking animals, we have a need for social interaction (just look at the numbers for LJ, MySpace, Twitter, FaceBook, Jaiku, and countless others). We are also in need of being able to express ourselves, our inner and real selves, that part of our psyche that longs to be understood for what it is. It is how we connect with things around and outside of the shell we move and live through.
I will not pretend to understand how this works, but I am sure of one thing, it is something that I need to do for me. And it is something that I need to do far more of to maintain my inner balance.
As thinking animals, we have a need for social interaction (just look at the numbers for LJ, MySpace, Twitter, FaceBook, Jaiku, and countless others). We are also in need of being able to express ourselves, our inner and real selves, that part of our psyche that longs to be understood for what it is. It is how we connect with things around and outside of the shell we move and live through.
I will not pretend to understand how this works, but I am sure of one thing, it is something that I need to do for me. And it is something that I need to do far more of to maintain my inner balance.