Blog Hop: How and Why I Write
A friend of mine passed along this viral idea for us bloggers to band together by writing about our writing process, and then pass the torch to other bloggers. In a solidarity to reveal my formula for writing and hopefully inspire others, I have the torch. It was passed to me from Heather Day, heart-centered blogger extraordinaire.
1. What am I working on?
As a Gemini who recognizes the transience of all things, my work goes in many directions, but I’ve noticed a theme around creating vibrations. I do it in my musical projects, my metaphysical projects, and even my technical projects. I give birth to ideas. I look at this existence as a great opportunity to bring things from the higher subtle planes into the physical plane that we spend most of our time dealing with. Everyone has a million ideas, but the magic is when we make ideas into reality. For example, manifesting a trip around the world.
2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I’m a bit of an outlier in many ways. Even when I was a child, I knew that I looked at the world a bit differently than the mainstream. I’ve never been afraid to say what I felt, even if it was not in alignment with what everyone else thought. This can be a bit frustrating when I get beat down for the dissonance against a manufactured consensus, but I often find that the consensus shifts. I also have this unique amalgamation of looking at the world through both my heart and mind. Sometimes, my intellect gets the best of me, and my mind wins out, and sometimes, the intelligence of my heart overrides. I work on developing both, and so I can keep up with a hardline academic debate about physical science, as well as a woo-woo new ager about metaphysics. Most people are either one or the other.
3. Why do I write what I do?
Usually, it’s because I want to tell the world something that’s unclear or not fully comprehended. My galactic signature says that “I define in order to survive.” This is heavy, but I find it to be true. I often see things that are overlooked by the masses because they are either harder to define, or simply accepted without question because they are not fully understood. These are the things that draw me to write. I feel like a messenger for the fringes. It goes along with #2. You have to lose fear of being an outlier. You have to lose fear of your own gifts.
4. How does my writing process work?
For me, it always starts with a muse. I’ve never been much for ‘writing for writings sake’ where you sit down and just start spewing words on to the page, unless I have a topic or an experience to write about. I mostly write about my experiences, but I also spend a lot of time on facebook and twitter musing about politics, metaphysics, and inspirational quotes. In all cases, I find that once I start typing or writing in my notebook, I’m more of a channel than a creator. I channel thoughts from the higher planes into words of the physical plane, and sometimes I surprise myself, like “Wow, I didn’t know I had this much to say about the topic until started actually physically writing it down.” Sometimes, it’s hard to find the time to write that first word, or in music, play that first note, but once the first one comes, the rest follow quite naturally.
As a Gemini who recognizes the transience of all things, my work goes in many directions, but I’ve noticed a theme around creating vibrations. I do it in my musical projects, my metaphysical projects, and even my technical projects. I give birth to ideas. I look at this existence as a great opportunity to bring things from the higher subtle planes into the physical plane that we spend most of our time dealing with. Everyone has a million ideas, but the magic is when we make ideas into reality. For example, manifesting a trip around the world.
2. How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I’m a bit of an outlier in many ways. Even when I was a child, I knew that I looked at the world a bit differently than the mainstream. I’ve never been afraid to say what I felt, even if it was not in alignment with what everyone else thought. This can be a bit frustrating when I get beat down for the dissonance against a manufactured consensus, but I often find that the consensus shifts. I also have this unique amalgamation of looking at the world through both my heart and mind. Sometimes, my intellect gets the best of me, and my mind wins out, and sometimes, the intelligence of my heart overrides. I work on developing both, and so I can keep up with a hardline academic debate about physical science, as well as a woo-woo new ager about metaphysics. Most people are either one or the other.
3. Why do I write what I do?
Usually, it’s because I want to tell the world something that’s unclear or not fully comprehended. My galactic signature says that “I define in order to survive.” This is heavy, but I find it to be true. I often see things that are overlooked by the masses because they are either harder to define, or simply accepted without question because they are not fully understood. These are the things that draw me to write. I feel like a messenger for the fringes. It goes along with #2. You have to lose fear of being an outlier. You have to lose fear of your own gifts.
4. How does my writing process work?
For me, it always starts with a muse. I’ve never been much for ‘writing for writings sake’ where you sit down and just start spewing words on to the page, unless I have a topic or an experience to write about. I mostly write about my experiences, but I also spend a lot of time on facebook and twitter musing about politics, metaphysics, and inspirational quotes. In all cases, I find that once I start typing or writing in my notebook, I’m more of a channel than a creator. I channel thoughts from the higher planes into words of the physical plane, and sometimes I surprise myself, like “Wow, I didn’t know I had this much to say about the topic until started actually physically writing it down.” Sometimes, it’s hard to find the time to write that first word, or in music, play that first note, but once the first one comes, the rest follow quite naturally.
Another writer worth knowing!
Robin Bruce is an amazing soul I met through my band, Jamiroqueen. We were auditioning singers, and I was sold when I realized that she was also into mantra music, yoga, and guided meditations. I immediately saw the potential of working with her and getting to know her on a personal level. She also has a great way of quantifying abstract concepts into physical words, and her 40 days of Yoga Journals provide quite the fodder for deep thought. Check her out at http://www.yogasong.org/ as I pass her the torch.
Robin Bruce is an amazing soul I met through my band, Jamiroqueen. We were auditioning singers, and I was sold when I realized that she was also into mantra music, yoga, and guided meditations. I immediately saw the potential of working with her and getting to know her on a personal level. She also has a great way of quantifying abstract concepts into physical words, and her 40 days of Yoga Journals provide quite the fodder for deep thought. Check her out at http://www.yogasong.org/ as I pass her the torch.