I often tell my hubby not to bother me while I am writing. It's hard work getting in the right mood. And, then, once you get in the right frame of mind and start the flow, if you get interrupted, you can lose it, just like that! Think Coleridge and the "Kubla Khan."
Written in a frenzy after awakening from an opium high, Coleridge wrote freely until he was interrupted. When he went back to his work, he had lost his flow and rhythm and the poem was never finished. Just imagine what might have happened.
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery."
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery."
- Samuel Coleridge
If anything, this past month has been challenging. One is finding the time to actually post, and then there's finding inspiration. One week to go... wow! This month is flying by...
1 comment:
the month is flying by indeed! It is hard to come up with something creative every day too especially with your crazy work schedule. But hang in there, you are so close to being done!!
betty
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