Writing Prompts - #16 - Where do you go when you want to get away from the pressures of life....?
Where do you go when you want to get away from the pressures of life, family, work etc? Write about that place.
It's not as much of a place as it is a state of mind...or does the internet now count as a place?
Moving on...
When I need to escape, I come to livejournal and write. I write about what's wrong, what's right, and things that don't exist. There is something that is truly pure about getting everything out of my system. This is an easy way to get rid of stress, because I can write anywhere. Livejournal just happens to be the place where everything gets put up. It's an empty state of mind, because it feels like there's a tap from my subconscious that gets turned on, and all of the crap of the week goes raging on to the internet and gets put here.
There's another thing that really takes me away, for a different reason.
Shopping (Especially online)
I don't have to talk to anyone, I don't have to be near hoards of mindless teenagers, terrible music or shop assistants that beg me to buy things. The clothes do all the convincing that I could ever need. All it takes is an interesting cut, a pretty fabric, or a brand name and I'm completely sold.
Whether it be for Nail goodies, for makeup or for clothes, it takes away all my problems. I see what the clothes look like, what color the nail gels are, what the brand of the dress is, and I think to myself: That beauty could be mine. And I want it so badly. Sometimes, I feel a little bit ugly, and that once I buy that skirt, or have that color on my nails, or that mascara on my eyelashes, I'll be beautiful.
It's not even about shape, it's just the fact that I feel gorgeous. The minute I send that last correspondence e-mail to the English staff, I know that in two weeks from now, I'll be a Lolita Princess, or a Gothic beauty, a Sexy Gal, or an edgy Punk...and it makes life worth it.
Just imagining myself so immaculately dresses makes me so joyous. It makes me feel like I have a place, I suppose, or...I can't say that.
Third and lastly, is singing.
Singing is so refreshing, it can change the way I feel the minute I start.
I always pour myself in to it in hopes that I'll do whatever I'm singing justice, I forget who I am, sometimes. When I'm on stage, it's like I'm giving myself to whoever's there in the audience and they see me for who I am, whether I'm in a group of three, or three hundred. It's never let me down, and every performance totally leaves me cleansed. Even in class, I leave feeling embarassed because I've let myself show to people that I don't care for that much.
Click to viewThe other day, My class was rehearsing this for our mid-year classical concert, and I had had a pretty crappy day. I was feeling low, and started singing. I didn't even notice how much better I felt after until someone asked me why I was crying earlier.