What Does Writing Mean To Me? (I am like the sun)
puedes hacer cualquier cosa escribiendo — you can make anything by writing.
Writing is my life. I say this not in the sense that it is the only thing my life depends on, but that it is the very core of my being. I was born to write. I cannot think of any other thing I can do seamlessly than to actually write. It is not a surprise that I think a lot; I daydream, overthink, imagine, a lot. How else would I pen down all of those thoughts and express myself if I do not write? Writing is not something I HAVE to do, NEED to do, WANT to do, it is my CHARACTER; one that cannot be changed. When something is the very core of your being, you just do it. No reason why. You do it because it is a part of you, one that happens naturally. The sun doesn’t shine because it wants to, but because it was made to. The only thing it is in control of is its ability to either scorch or warm. I believe I am like the sun. I just find myself writing. Always. And the only thing I am in charge of is to either write to impact, write to heal, write to hurt, write to make or break. I am only in charge of the dynamics. So, when people ask me “how do you write?”, “how do you gather your thoughts and express them so well?”, I do not always have an answer. Often times, I say “I just find myself doing so", because I really just do. I do not reply out of self-glorification or whatnot, I simply do not have a concise answer because I really do not know, myself.
I do not like to think that writing can be learnt. When I hear people say they want to learn how to write, I tend to disagree with every bit of their thoughts. I do not think you can be taught how to write, you can only be taught how to apply the usage of some principles. I see writing as an interior, embedded deep within, one that is constantly stirring, waiting for you to draw from it.
Writing has to flow from within you. No restrictions. No doubts. No complex structure. Just you, your thoughts, and your mind. This is why no two writers; authors, poets, essayists, can write the same way. Different minds. There is uniqueness in diversity.
Writing over and over again is the only way you can get better — constant practice. Just write.
I appreciated the fact that I can write so well few days ago. I was going through this journal I have had since September 2020, and I got to see all the things I wrote years back; things I have forgotten about — future projects I want to work on, people I want to work with, my journey before I gained admission into school, skills I took, personal prayers, things I ventured into that didn’t work out — a bunch of things I wrote down at very crucial points in my life. “What if I didn’t write this down?”, I asked myself. All of my thoughts back then would have faded into oblivion; if I didn’t remember them.
I am thankful that I can write. I am thankful that I can create a world from mere words.
William Faulkner said, “If a story is in you, it has to come out”. Thankfully, I always have something to think and wonder about. So, I will write, FOREVER.
I am currently thinking of how this piece would have come to life if I couldn’t write.
So, what can you do seamlessly?
