When I write, the process often feels like I’m in a state of mediation. It’s as if my mind is completely laser focused on one thing while everything around me is silent and still.
Writing brings serenity to my mood, and takes me down a path like I’m hiking on a trail through a forest. I know there will be hurdles and difficulties along the way, but there’s no time pressure or anxiety while I’m writing. Sure, there can be frustrations, definitely during the editing process, but it never feels like I’m wasting my time with it. I know that I’m accomplishing something–something I can look back on as a kind of reflection of my thoughts and ideas.
To meditate is to concentrate, to focus, and to block everything else out. When we write, it does the same thing, only its aim is to put words on a page. The same could be said with art in general: painting, music, sculpture, etc. When we create something, we mediate on an idea, vision or sound, which brings peace within us.
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