Writing poetry...
Writing reports for work...
Writing and feeling distracted...
Writing as a distraction...
Writing and feeling in the flow...
Writing and enjoying it.
What all these experiences have in common is... writing. An action.
Taking a pen in your hand or typing on a keyboard with some intentionality. Like now...I am writing. I am writing about writing.
I feel this is an important topic. I kind of ignore what I will end up saying but I know something will come up.
I don't know what I will end up writing about, but I have clarity about my intentions, about my questions. How do you get in the flow and work for subtraction to get to the essence?
When prose acquires some qualities of poetry, writings becomes a powerful tool. You get to know yourself and communicate powerfully with others.
This does not come easily. You may spend afternoons procrastinating doing other things. Or you may be wasting hours in front of your screen, writing wordy and not so original content.
What you write can change your life like with a job application or a letter to your loved one. Have you ever asked yourself? How do you feel when you write? Are you worried about writing beautiful sentences? Are you rephrasing a lot? Or you write non stop? How free you feel ?
Take that feeling and store it in your memory. Than look at your life.
In those moment when you have to express yourself... How do you feel? I personally can see a similarity. Do you?
Writing is like playing. You need to give up scripts and all "the should(s)". Give space to whatever comes and shape your story as you go along. Enjoy the sense of grounding that nurtures your creativity when you feel in the flow.
Writing can also create new worlds so... be careful and good luck!