Writing with Feeling

You know what's been lacking in my life as of late?A little bit of writing that resonates.All the while I've been writing about writing but failing to find those words that sound right in my body.I've been distanced from feeling like syllables carry meaning and forgetting that my first love for words occurred when I wasn't buried in constructing sentencesbut surprisedby what the words did to my heart rate before they registered in my head.A couple of wordscarefully connected can reveal new insights that change your life.That's what she saidwhen she spoke of horizons swallowing up the earth with a kisshow the ocean is so much bigger than thisviewfrom nowhereI sense that you have to learn something true to spell it out like that.And I guess that's how experience translates into painting and poetry.We replicate what is otherwise hard to communicateand its frustrating if our words fail to demonstratethat which we want to share and celebratewith others aboutour insights abouthow we love what has come to be withoutregretting everything it took to get there,that sometimes nothing is more trustworthy than how it simply appears.And so we conclude by saying,I guess you had to be there.To get it rightyou gotta know what it feels likecuz without raw experience you can't project beyond what you already fear.Thus, this language seems limiting.But there's also a chance that the most gifted with speech might peninto the present a space to be freeto think more clearly about how what we say affects you and mewith consequence on levels more deeplythan what we merely can see.Metaphorically speaking, the power of words to foster new imaginings is probably frighteningfor those who don't want to admitof a world where painting and poetry can deliver a hitlike a bag of bricks.Potency and brevity are catalysts for a chain reaction of resistance.Put them together and you get a message that sticks.Like "I am the 99%"So as I continue to writeI wanna show thanks to those who have reminded me that my philifesophy could never be framed in terms of a mind over a body.At the same timeI can't privilege philosophy over poetry.The latter gives sense to sentences which otherwise fall short of a love of wisdom.Like jazz and poetry, philosophy should emphasize the spaces in between.The silence where one encounters genuine creativity.