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[Anonymous]

#749

“Writing has already begun, so to speak, when one has managed to enter the space of the text, the textorium.” I took this line to mean that we are already ‘writing’ so to speak when we enter the mindset of what we wish to write about. If that’s the case, then there is a full-house of writing present in my “textoriom.” Getting it down on paper is the next step.

I stayed away from television for a good 10 years. I’ve recently come back to find many intriguing new shows. All of wish inspire me to want write–something, anything. But I admit I am overwhelmed by the process, or more so my judgement of the pieces I wish to write. As I mentioned in the last class, a lot of self-doubt has come up recently surrounding what I’d like to do with my writing–what is the next step. So many ideas down, short stories, many, many poems–but don’t know what to do with them. I thought by doing the work the next steps would become clear or fall into place. That hasn’t happened. I write these feelings now because of the recents texts we’ve been reading in class. All, to me, have this underling feeling, or different approach to writing, or even the bigger picture of writing and how it’s not just our head/thoughts that we put on paper that become our works–but now learning of writing outside of the body, the environment that is writing itself around me.

[Sondra Perl]

#766

Regarding ‘next steps’ with your writing, you might want to ask yourself, in a felt sense way “What’s in the way of figuring this out? What’s the heart of this dilemma for me?” and see what comes from your body. Remember to wait patiently until something comes and then ask, “Is this right?” and so on.

[Anonymous]

#772

Thanks, Sondra
See you tonight

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