Deeply Committed

Deeply committed:

I take writing seriously, being deeply committed to my time of practice, working through times of inspiration as well as those rare moments when words struggle to appear. Writing is a priority to me, equally important as air, water, food. Emotionally, and spiritually, I thrive when engaged in this creative pursuit. It’s my most important practice -

and yet….

whatever topic or theme is of a concern, it’s an interest, holding my curiosity or momentary fascination. I am not deeply committed to these words, nor convinced that I’m writing an absolute truth, nor anything of great importance. I want my practice to be flexible, reflecting a sense of openness, that what I write about today can easily be contradicted by my words tomorrow.

writing is a passion and a practice, and for me that means I’m deeply committed to whatever it is I’m expressing now, more truly that I’m trying out ideas, exploring how these themes fit my frame of mind as well as on the page. I am not so committed to beliefs and ideas, not in the same way I am with writing, or even my other long held practices of yoga and meditation. Almost everything I write about is an idea, and I am always ready for it’s surrender, holding each one lightly, loosely in my mental grip. It’s the writing itself that’s important.