Comments on: Write for no reason at all http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/ Something about beauty, truth, and writing Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: bscribe http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34958 bscribe Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:29:01 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34958 House-guests for the past weeks have kept me away, but thanks for the evocative comments. Milena, I didn't think "exasperated" before you wrote this, but did think "intense" and "driven." Exasperated might fit, though -- who or what is the recipient or provocateur of this feeling? I wonder. Suzanne, I get the idea of Cameron's Morning Pages to get the self-loathing out of the way, and can confess to even having tried this at times, and think there's definitely usefulness to the method, but maybe more (for me) in what happens after that point -- like some interesting details of obsessions poked up their heads. Thanks for reminding me of that potential. Gloria, I'm not quite sure of what the "it" is in your last line, but tell me if I read it correctly to mean that you are talking about the "reprehensible-ness" -- that is, CT gives an idea of where you can put this aspect of self? If so, yeah, I guess, its preferable to shoving it underground, only to have it grow and rear its self bigger (and better?) elsewhere. House-guests for the past weeks have kept me away, but thanks for the evocative comments. Milena, I didn’t think “exasperated” before you wrote this, but did think “intense” and “driven.” Exasperated might fit, though — who or what is the recipient or provocateur of this feeling? I wonder. Suzanne, I get the idea of Cameron’s Morning Pages to get the self-loathing out of the way, and can confess to even having tried this at times, and think there’s definitely usefulness to the method, but maybe more (for me) in what happens after that point — like some interesting details of obsessions poked up their heads. Thanks for reminding me of that potential. Gloria, I’m not quite sure of what the “it” is in your last line, but tell me if I read it correctly to mean that you are talking about the “reprehensible-ness” — that is, CT gives an idea of where you can put this aspect of self? If so, yeah, I guess, its preferable to shoving it underground, only to have it grow and rear its self bigger (and better?) elsewhere.

]]> By: Gloria,WriterReading http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34957 Gloria,WriterReading Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:53:48 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34957 Practice? OK. Dark Side? Sort of OK. Reprehensible? Well, at least that would give me a place to put it. Practice? OK. Dark Side? Sort of OK. Reprehensible? Well, at least that would give me a place to put it.

]]> By: Suzanne http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34956 Suzanne Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:37:56 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34956 I agree wholeheartedly with this essay. It reminded me of Julia Cameron's impetus for suggesting Morning Pages, those three pages you write every morning just to get all the self-loathing doubts out of your system so that you can sit down to the writing project with a clear mind. Yes, I understand the doubting voice that comes, and it's usually accompanied by the voice of wonderment, or the voice of hope that this piece of writing is actually as good as you think it is, or that you can't believe what your imagination has just imagined. Thank you for a throught provoking post! Suz I agree wholeheartedly with this essay. It reminded me of Julia Cameron’s impetus for suggesting Morning Pages, those three pages you write every morning just to get all the self-loathing doubts out of your system so that you can sit down to the writing project with a clear mind.

Yes, I understand the doubting voice that comes, and it’s usually accompanied by the voice of wonderment, or the voice of hope that this piece of writing is actually as good as you think it is, or that you can’t believe what your imagination has just imagined.

Thank you for a throught provoking post!

Suz

]]> By: Milena http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34946 Milena Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:19:03 +0000 http://bellascribe.com/blog/2008/03/13/write-for-no-reason-at-all/#comment-34946 Is it just me, or does the author of the words sound exasperated? Anyway, he (or is it she) is totally right. Now, if only I myself could achieve that breakthrough... Is it just me, or does the author of the words sound exasperated? Anyway, he (or is it she) is totally right. Now, if only I myself could achieve that breakthrough…

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