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Therapy - and dealing with the past
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Jun 10, 2023 | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
I agree somewhat. I have met people in my life who were not intuitively poets. However, they learn the formula, for instance, they learned how to make a sonnet and several of them created some pretty darn good sonnets. Something I have never been able to do and I have been a poet for over 50 years. Same with a Haiku, or other formal forms. But, there are ways that someone who is not one of those "I have a Muse, I am Inspired" can write poetry and also be able to put themselves or what they are thinking or feeling into the formula of a poem and be just as powerful as a poet who lives and breaths poetry as self-expression. I have long thought of my creation of poetry as Blues or Jazz, which I just do with words, but when I am writing a poem, definitely sharing one, I am in a way with heartfelt honesty and passion Sanging my blues.
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@aissa2 Like you, writing has been a saving grace for me all my life. From a very young age there was always paper and pen near me. Journaling, poetry, observations. I still have all the writings, and continue to write almost everyday. I have also written technical manuals and legal reports, marveling how 26 letters and grammar can be turned and twisted. In the mid-90s I took an Ira Progoff Intensive Journaling Workshop and discovered the power of non-dominant handwriting. Wow!
Being able to address issues in manners that are comfortable to us, when the subject is not comfortable at all, is key to healing and moving beyond that which may hold us back.
Ginger