Wow wow wow, my friend. You sure do have a way with words. You are a poet, a connecter, an igniter. I feel inspired every time I read your posts. I absolutely love your poem and felt very seen by it too.
As you shared your history with diaries, I realized something about you that connects with something about me. Even though I'm an illustrator, I often say I'm not great a drawing. This is not meant to be self-deprecating...it is more to do with the fact that I'm bad at sketching fully formed things from my mind. In order for me to get anything on the page, I need shapes and pieces to work with. I need something to react to. Only then can I work my way to my final illustration. So I've had a hard time "drawing" just like you maybe have a hard time "journaling" -- BUT you've discovered your own way of receiving the same benefit through Moonbow, Tumblr, instagram, etc. Does that even make any sense? I'm having a hard time with words due to a cold.
Anyway, whatever you call all that you do, I know one thing: you are a great writer. And I can't wait to see where the fragments and fire take you this year!
I love this exercise — and what a poem it created! Feels like the perfect keepsake to capture the year’s enthusiasms.
❤️ highly recommend it!
I've never been able to keep a diary, either! Your fragments make a beautiful collage. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, Anna!
This piece really stood out to me:
“It’s not a dictionary word but a magic word
bizarre and beautiful
reality colors it
a syntax for life
body language without the body
conveys something about being alive”
Here’s to a year of more magic words and gorgeous syntax! 🥳
Thanks, Erika. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
We’ve never talked about the Eulalie and Imogene connection! Love that you noticed that too!
Yay!!
Deeply inspiring as always, thank you.
Oh, thank you Meghan!
Wow wow wow, my friend. You sure do have a way with words. You are a poet, a connecter, an igniter. I feel inspired every time I read your posts. I absolutely love your poem and felt very seen by it too.
As you shared your history with diaries, I realized something about you that connects with something about me. Even though I'm an illustrator, I often say I'm not great a drawing. This is not meant to be self-deprecating...it is more to do with the fact that I'm bad at sketching fully formed things from my mind. In order for me to get anything on the page, I need shapes and pieces to work with. I need something to react to. Only then can I work my way to my final illustration. So I've had a hard time "drawing" just like you maybe have a hard time "journaling" -- BUT you've discovered your own way of receiving the same benefit through Moonbow, Tumblr, instagram, etc. Does that even make any sense? I'm having a hard time with words due to a cold.
Anyway, whatever you call all that you do, I know one thing: you are a great writer. And I can't wait to see where the fragments and fire take you this year!