Today’s prompt: "I fill the
paper with the breathings of my heart and……
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Holding today’s prompt in your breath as we prepare for the lesson and to write: "I fill the paper with the breathings of my heart and…
Allow yourself to be pure, raw,
and completely you.
Allow yourself to grow with
each word you write.
Trust yourself as a writer and
as a person.
Say this to yourself: “I know my right readers connect
with my heart message no matter what shape
or direction my writing takes today.”
I have something to tell you that I really, really want you to hear: My heart sometimes breathes on paper.
It pours stuff out that I didn't even know was
there, way deep down in the bottom of the well. It pours out
feelings and colors and sounds and tastes and
sometimes wretched memories tumble forth.
I sometimes get embarrassed by the volume
or the pitch or the vulnerable place I put myself
in, apparently voluntarily only it doesn't feel like
I am the one doing the volunteering.
"Why did you have to go and do that!" my inner
critic mocks. "You went and made a fool of
yourself again. Why can't you just be satisfied
with being like everyone else?"
Sometimes my inner critic looks remarkably
like my eldest brother. Sometimes my inner
critic looks like Miss Pizarro, my third grade
teacher. Sometimes my inner critic looks
exactly like my reflection in the mirror when
I wake up after an unsatisfying sleep.
I have learned to gently hush the harshness
of my critic because when my heart breathes
on the paper, magic happens. I connect to
the divine. I move effortlessly through history,
space and time by listening to the rhythmic
pulses of my heart, the responding woooosh
of the blood through my veins as it
celebrates, rejoicing "I will keep beating,
yes, I will take care of you, yes – I love you."
Long ago William Woodsworth wrote the words,
"Fill the paper with the breathings of your heart"
and his breathings have now reached across
the ages to your breathings and your heart.
He climbed over and past his critic, through
his failures and successes, celebrated the
rhythmic pulses and responding wooosh to
be a part of your life today. His legacy remains
beyond the words alone.
Maxwell Anderson wrote: "If you practice an art,
be proud of it and make it proud of you. It will fill
your heart. "
Yes, Mr. Anderson, it will fill your heart. And if
we are especially blessed, it will fill the hearts
of others as well.
Charles Dickens said, “"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper
that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."
Remember that as we prepare ourselves to write.
Pulse by pulse, breath by breath, yes by yes,
word by word.
Prompt: "I fill the
paper with the breathings of my heart and……
Now, for a follow up writing for right now or later today or tomorrow.
Sit quietly and reflectively and take a moment to
find your pulse. Next, take some time to gently
listen to your pulse.
Remember a strong emotion you have felt recently
and continue to listen to the rhythm of your
pulse.
What is it speaking to you about that emotion?
Pick up your pencil and write for three minutes.
Please share your writing with us using Mr. Linky. If you use this prompt to blog, we would love to know and include you in our community. Mr. Linky is an easy creative tool to help connections happen easily.
Still struggling with Mr. Linky. If this is the slot to enter the comment that I'm "supposed" to leave, then hi, Julie, with immense admiration for how you're making it so easy to say "since I donwanna I donhafta." so, "i'll do it anyway."
Posted by: adelita | 09/22/2010 at 08:48 AM
yes! yes! yes! you've got it just right, adelita!!
Posted by: Julie Jordan Scott | 09/22/2010 at 09:16 AM