The magic of writing

The magic of writing. How often have I encountered someone (often in the educational setting) explaining that in writing we are actually making use of our rational mind (instead of our intuitive experiences)? Now, of course this is not per se untrue, but it isn’t capturing the ‘whole of writing’ either. The ‘intensely, concentrated form of animism’ that Abram is talking about in this video; I recognize it as part of my writing processes, also those that appear to be less artistic and more essayistic or technical.

Writing is ideally a dialogue between the vivid world ‘outside of me’ and the intensities and complexities of my inner world – it’s a technique for (re-)unification, ironically realized through a form of fragmentation (the use of words). ‘I’ am the translator, a medium, and - on an experiential level – also the creative act in and of itself, deconstructing, constructing and creating the liminal space in between (sentences, meaning, understanding) at once. This is not to emphasize ‘my’ importance in this process, but to address the transformational act that writing is and for which my body and mind (and of course also the embodied technique supported by a pen or keyboard) are conditions.

The idea that multiple, multidimensional sensory experiences have become concentrated in these drops of ink (or rhythmical dances on a keyboard) speaks to my heart. Writing as a dual and non-dual act at the same time (how could it be otherwise, seeing the all-encompassing non-dual nature of it all).

Are you interested in writing as an intuitive process? Would you like to find out in what ways the inner and outer world creatively re-unite during a transformational writing process? Would you like to ‘talk like a stone’ and find out what this teaches you about yourself, your connection with and place in this world and enlivened, deeper motivations? Feel welcome to explore the options of individual, existential writing coaching.