“To write is to be driven by desire.” For me writing has always been a desire–at least creative writing. Academic writing can be intimidating as there is something that is usually asked of the writer to produce, such as the case with an essay or research question asked by a professor. Yet both types of writing have their purpose and I feel “on the edge” in both and am driven to seek of discover the answer or fulfill the purpose.
“One becomes a true seeker of meaning.” I must remember, even in struggles with writing, I am afterall seeking a greater meaning. There was some comfort in reading that. I would never want writing to feel like a task or chore. I really enjoyed the part about poetry and how the poem “takes roots in us” as though it is now part of us–part of our creativity or a stepping stone to what we may create as a result of allowing it into our minds and bodies.
