Today is an off day, could be the overeating hangover I have, or that my belly grew 5 times its size and my back hurts, or the headache that has torment me the last couple weeks, seems to be winning.
flunked me every year would get a hearty chuckle out that statement. The proper structure of a sentence and correct punctuation is a mystery to me. My impression of learning the "rules" was as if I was trying to cypher an ancient text whos key was long lost.
Or was it simply that writing was something I wanted finally learn to do somewhat correctly. All my life I have been an avid reader, instinctually, I can judge who is a great author and who wrote crap. My mind when a though forms it is usually a mental image. The struggle for me is to match words to those pictures. Emotions are easier to put words to, but the reason behind why myself or others would react differently, I find very intriguing.
I enjoy abstract concepts, the "what if" possibilities, the seen and the unseen and deep analysis on what makes people do the things they do, is very fascinating to me. My favorite pass time is to simple observe, listen and ponder the whys. I am always interested in someone's story, I will ask questions about their past, their life today and what they would like their future to be. I have found that random strangers on a plane are more frank, open and sincere, than someone I know casually. We tend to hid our real thoughts from people who know us., so we will not feel judged or not fit in. Getting older does have its advantages, we start to not care what people might think, or worry about rejection, we just become comfortable with who we are.
To answer my own question, I am writing to learn to express my thoughts, record memories and to write about life.
