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The Courage To Create
Writing is a truth serum, one that is not always easy to drink. This is why people often choose to remain ‘one day I will write’ seekers- they can avoid the actual moment when they find what they are looking for. Because speaking our truths requires us to deal with many different challenges, including our discomfort with vulnerability, our fear of failure, the very real consequences of finally speaking our truths. Writing, like any form of revealing self-expression, calls us to the next stages of awakening. It’s seldom just pen to paper. It’s far bloodier than that. It changes our lives. It calls us to grow. It transforms our consciousness. No wonder we retreat. No wonder we can’t stop…
— Jeff Brown
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“Old age must have its gods, just as childhood and youth have their protectors, who inspire exploits of first love and wild adventure. Later years invite other gods, whom it takes many slow years to know. Their claims and inspiration may be of another kind but they can no more be refused than the gods who call in youth. Discovery and promise do not belong solely to youth; age is not excluded from revelation.”
–James Hillman, The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life
I agree that writing challenges you to face Truth, but so does the practice of any art. Aging itself brings questions relating to death and…
