Commas, Colons: Semicolons;
You know that kid in school, always with a book in hand, oblivious to the surroundings and immersed in the words of Wordsworth or Austen?
I was that kid. Unapologetically.
There were days I was found writing down quotes from books because I liked how they were constructed, or because the essence of a certain poem was mind-blowing or just because I wanted to write something down that day.
As my love for reading exponentially grew, I realized I had to master the art of catching up.
Because my pile of books were ever growing but my reading pace, though not too bad, severely fell behind my hoarding rate.
Authors like Toni Morrison and Italo Calvino really fired up my writing muscles back then. There was an indescribable urge to start writing because of the class with which these books were written.
“Daylight slants like a razor cutting the buildings in half.” — Jazz by Toni Morrison
A sentence I cannot stop thinking about even after so many years. That was the impact beautiful writing had on me.
I diligently started to write but quickly lost my penchant for it as time went by.
Here are some silly reasons why that happened:
1. Lack of time
2. Fear of judgement
3. My writing muscles were rusty
4. Other tasks took priority over writing
But, this year, as morose as it is taking shape and evolving still in that direction, I wanted to bring that spark back. The spark of joy that writing gives me.
Surprisingly, I feel a burden lifted off me as I write, making me high, in its own sweet way.
Putting my writing muscles to work is hard. It feels unpracticed and therefore tedious.
And I know that it will take time to make it seem natural again.
Writing daily starts off like a chore, but making it a habit is the ultimate goal.
I am going to continue my 30 day writing journey. I split it between Medium and my own website.
With the pandemic already imposing such tough times for us, these are little things that will fetch us momentary contentment before we relapse into reality again.
Cheers to writing; Cheers to happiness.
