Very well said.
I lived a tormented life for a while as well, mostly self imposed I think because I felt like in order to be a writer or an artist I had to live like that. I’m glad to have found my way out of those times and spaces and to be in a happy and secure space where I, ironically enough, feel more able to and more inspired to write.
It’s interesting to me that you write to be inspired by your experiences.
I sometimes find that I discover new meanings and emotions when writing about my own experiences, but I think I generally find that it’s the experiences that inspire me to write. I’m tying to imagine it working the other way around and can’t quite.
I also think that success is often aomething that comes as a result of the process more so than the end result.
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I am not sure I said it very well, when I said I write to be inspired by my experiences. What I really mean is that life brings us challenges — difficult relationships, life hurdles, illnesses, deaths of people we love.... If we look at those things through the lens of a writer, we see how they can fuel our art. Otherwise they are just the cause of pain and often have little actual value. (Except occasional lessons learned.)
As a writer, you can add them to your trove of little seeds that may grow into something more. What’s more, when those seeds find their way into our writing, they can be examined anew.
I’m glad you found your way out of the tormented place. It can be a wasteland!
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I see. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying.
Getting out of the wasteland: I often laugh because I had to move half way around the world to learn how to live a “typical life” and be satisfied by it. Adventure is a funny thing. Sometimes it only really exists in the planning and the first steps out the door.