Aside from the implicit meaning of the work, as a writer myself, I like to pay close attention to the prose of the piece that I’m reading. This is an outstanding piece of writing. I restacked a lot of quotes from your essay and I didn’t want to spam it so I will share the lines I thoroughly enjoyed here:
“Let the wind of your soul move the weight of your pen. As the pen moves, you will find that the world has shrunk to the infinitesimal corner that you happen to inhabit.”
“A life poorly processed is a life poorly understood, and a life poorly understood is a life poorly lived.”
“Journaling not only benefits you in the immediacy of your writing it; it saves a record of you for the future. I hardly remember what I did 3 months ago, much less a decade ago. How much knowledge have I lost of my own life?”
I am in agreement with you that writing solidifies and unveils the thoughts and ideas we have stored in our heads. Too, that we all have something to offer in this world and we ought to leave a piece of ourselves while we’re here. Writing does that. I definitely enjoyed your prose and introspection. Will be recommending you on my page :)
So glad to hear you liked it! It's always really encouraging to hear that people enjoyed my style. Looking forward to your next essay as well, I really enjoyed the first one.
Aside from the implicit meaning of the work, as a writer myself, I like to pay close attention to the prose of the piece that I’m reading. This is an outstanding piece of writing. I restacked a lot of quotes from your essay and I didn’t want to spam it so I will share the lines I thoroughly enjoyed here:
“Let the wind of your soul move the weight of your pen. As the pen moves, you will find that the world has shrunk to the infinitesimal corner that you happen to inhabit.”
“A life poorly processed is a life poorly understood, and a life poorly understood is a life poorly lived.”
“Journaling not only benefits you in the immediacy of your writing it; it saves a record of you for the future. I hardly remember what I did 3 months ago, much less a decade ago. How much knowledge have I lost of my own life?”
I am in agreement with you that writing solidifies and unveils the thoughts and ideas we have stored in our heads. Too, that we all have something to offer in this world and we ought to leave a piece of ourselves while we’re here. Writing does that. I definitely enjoyed your prose and introspection. Will be recommending you on my page :)
So glad to hear you liked it! It's always really encouraging to hear that people enjoyed my style. Looking forward to your next essay as well, I really enjoyed the first one.