la vie: January 2008

Friday, January 04, 2008

Writing

Self interview is the key to creativity. Asking yourself questions and then engaging in a quest for the answers. Creativity is just answers to a series of unuttered questions. It is a crucial mental exercise, as you are confronted with question for which the answers should be explicit, accurate and without any space fillers. It is a cross between a confession box and a cross examination. Once you answer the question, it can not be taken aback.

Writing does not have to say anything.

Open all the doors. You can walk through any one that suits you. It delivers you from your limited ways to see and feel. That’s why it appeals to me so much, writing and poetry. Because it is so eternal. As long as people can hear and remember words and combination of words, your writings will survive.

I used to write when I was real young. But I wrote to please and for approval. I was writing to answer questions in other’s minds. It was only later that the folly was realized. Now when I write, I think of nobody, not others, not myself, the consequences of my writing are not perceived within my mind. The words that come out are neither restrained nor verified. I write because I write. I create.

"Inspired by the genius of James Douglas Morrison "