My Love Affair With Writing

I came across a great blog yesterday called Confident Writing by Joanna Young. Her latest post is about a group writing project where everyone that wants to take part writes a post about “My Love Affair With Writing”. It sounds like fun and I definitely have a love affair with writing, so I’m going to give a go.

I fell in love with writing when I was in elementary school. And not just the creativity, but the actual act of writing. I would practice my penmanship whenever I was bored and eventually my printing became very, very neat. I once was told that my printing could be its own font!

I also practiced writing what I thought was calligraphy. I didn’t follow any formal standards of calligraphy, I just created my own. I still use that style when I write on the envelopes of greeting cards and other “formal” situations.

This is not to say that I am not in love with writing for the process and creativity. Writing is satisfying on so many levels. I love the process of communicating with someone through the written word and it often seems that I can communicate more clearly through writing. As with Natalie Goldberg, I often feel that writing can be a deeper vehicle of meditation for me than zazen. Writing helps me reach a place deep inside of me that is often hidden from other forms of meditation.

I love writing.

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Chris O’Byrne
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