I just want to say a quick thank you to all of you whom have sent me emails letting me know how much you are enjoying reading these chronicles. It is with great pleasure that I write on this page.
Writing has always come very naturally to me. In fact it comes so naturally to me I often find myself in situations where waves of uncontrollable thoughts wash over me, bombarding and bowling me over in the white wash of every wave. Sometimes these waves are so huge, the sentences on any given topic literally fall over each other in my mind trying to make themselves known. Stating their importance and need in which they need to be written down in varying degrees of urgency.
These moments quite obviously and most frustratingly happen at the most inconvenient of times. They never seem to happen just as I am sitting at my laptop, ready and waiting, but moments when I am driving or in the kitchen preparing a meal for 20 people. Moments when I obviously can’t get pen to paper easily without having to pull over or allow risotto to stick to the bottom of the pan!
It’s at times such as these when I literally wish I had a tape recorder of my thoughts, in order for me to capture each and every thought perfectly. To have the luxury of being able to develop and pursue each thought with the attention in which they deserve and I would love to give them. Unfortunately I have found if I cannot get pen to paper in the moments shortly following these inspirational moments of thought they are usually lost forever or I have to wait for them to hopefully reappear during the next episode of spontaneous thought washes over me.
It would be true to say that words flow far more freely from my fingertips than words flow from my mouth in speech. Writers call it a gift, but I call it ‘the curse’. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to speak as easily and freely as I do within my own mind? Wouldn’t life easier if I could just talk as my mind thinks rather than having to spend arduous hours writing? Words are my way of communicating; I see the world not through images, symbols or music but through words. I guess I should see it as a gift, and maybe I already do. I just wish I saw the world through a method in which allowed me to not have to spend hours in front of a computer. Surely I could have chosen a less time consuming method to express myself. Maybe I really should re-think developing those photography skills further!
And yes, if I admit it, I would love to become published one day. Who knows maybe I will find someone whom is interested enough to envisage a way in which I could find an audience and format for my writing and bring my dream to life. But for now I am enjoying keeping you all updated on my adventures and being able to capture my thoughts and write them down for all of those people who know me so well. So thank you all for allowing me to write.
