Hello everyone On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:57 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan and Marsha: > > The aspect of writing the three pages in the morning is very much like > therapy, because you don't really have much to write about in the morning > and what happens is that your unconscious comes up with stuff that > surprises you. That's therapy, that is. It even invades your dreams! Lu > had a dream last night about her latest assignment in the course where her > avoidance of her task (which is to be alone for a whole day) played > prominently in her dream so it is really working in almost a magic fashion.
Hi John I do some of my best work while sleeping, especially if I saturate myself with writing just before going to bed. These days I dabble part time in real estate... afternoon and evenings generally 3-9pm. When I get home I spend a little time reading my email and answering any that might be called for. I'll settle into my writing about 11pm and generally work until 4am. If I have any particularly vexing areas in my writings that are troubling me I'll go over it before going off to bed and fall asleep thinking how to best solve the problem. When I wake (noon-ish) I find I am often compelled to stumble to the computer (I do all my writing on the computer... cannot read my long hand) and jot down what I've dreamed during the night before it fades. Later I'll go back and do a rewrite. >JohN > Also, it's solving some issues and problems in our marriage, where for many > years she's been blocking my artistic flow because she wants a provider, > not some sort of starving-artist-wannabe. Just the fact that this book > brings out that conflict and she sees it for the first time, is very > healing for us both and it's already making life better. And it's not like > I'm gonna jump off or anything. I like providing for my family. I enjoy > working. But a little rhythm to life is good. I work all summer season > and it's winter and there's enough to get by on til next summer, so I can > do what I want artistically for a while without all the pressure caused by > subconscious anxiety on my wife's part. And mine too, I guess. Part of > this course is in how to allow yourself freedom to play. Dan: It's good to see you've found a balance. There were a good many years when I had a family and children to provide for and I didn't write at all, not a word. I worked twelve to fourteen hours a day to support them and provide them with the necessities of life. That's what we men do... we provide. I don't know that my wife blocked my artistic tendencies so much as I set them aside to do what I felt I had to do. Now I am at a stage in life where the kids are all grown with families of their own and I find myself alone. I have the freedom to spend most all my free time doing as I please and I enjoy writing so that's what I do. So far as therapy, yes. Writing out emotions and feelings is very therapeutic. I find it almost impossible to write of my own struggles and tribulations so I put the emotions I feel into fictional characters. It seems to allow me to express those emotions and yet maintain a distance from indulgence. > > Later with Love, > Right back at you, my friend Dan Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
