Deep writing comes from our bodies, from our breath and from our ability to remain solid in the places that scare us. It comes from merging with what we are writing - from dissolving our egos so that the real work can emerge through us, without our conditions for success attached to it.
(Laraine Herring, quoted in Jackee Holder, 49 Ways to Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom of Writing and Journaling, Exisle Publishing: Wollombi, NSW, 2015, p. 132)
interesting and probably very important---dissolving the ego to let what needs to come through make its way!
ReplyDeleteYes. Although I don't believe the ego is all bad; and perhaps in some sense, our ego IS our body. But certainly there are times when it does need to get out of the way so something deeper can come through.
DeleteYes, I so much agree with these wise words.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah. :)
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