I agree. I think time also reveals what is truly important about that time or event after the rush of feelings fades. It seemed timely to read this after posting about a difficult time in my own life, something I felt compelled to write about though I have hardly talked about that time at all. It was over twenty years ago and somehow I feel lighter. My hope was that it might help others instead of simply dredging up past pain.
Well put, Kori. I think this is especially true of some of our most enchanted experiences. They're so hard to capture in words because we can't recreate how it felt — perhaps something you felt as you considered writing about the eclipse. Sometimes we're just supposed to live things, you know?
You're piece on Peculiar Crossroads this week is so deep and wise I am at a loss for words to express how it made me feel. Thank you, Kori. Addendum: fortunately I read Jonathan Roger's Substack after I wrote this comment and he gave me the words. "When you make something, something is made in you." Thank you, Jonathan.
Your post made me think of loss, particularly of losing someone close to me. The way I viewed it initially and the way I am able to view it now has changed.When I went through a six week grief class, I did it within a few weeks of losing my late husband. Looking back, it was too soon. I would encourage others to wait longer than I did to experience more layers of healing.
Such a wise reflection! I’m thinking of a particular painful experience in my own life. It’s only been in the last few months, five years into the healing process, that I felt myself on firm enough ground to write about this topic—and even then it was with a ton of humility! I agree that things have to marinate in us writers before they’re ready to be shared.
Thanks Kori. I needed hear this again. Last weekend I attended a writing conference, feeling like I was an imposter, because I'm not really writing anything in particular. I had been writing a very personal life story before this, and last year I realized that I couldn't go further until I had more understanding, more healing, and was ready to write respectfully. That has taken time but also another level of prayer counsel. Now, I've lost that desperate need to get it out of me onto the page, and I know when I begin to write it again I'll be able to tell it with care and grace.
I agree. I think time also reveals what is truly important about that time or event after the rush of feelings fades. It seemed timely to read this after posting about a difficult time in my own life, something I felt compelled to write about though I have hardly talked about that time at all. It was over twenty years ago and somehow I feel lighter. My hope was that it might help others instead of simply dredging up past pain.
It makes me think of Luke 2:19 when Mary treasured and pondered things in her heart.
Well put, Kori. I think this is especially true of some of our most enchanted experiences. They're so hard to capture in words because we can't recreate how it felt — perhaps something you felt as you considered writing about the eclipse. Sometimes we're just supposed to live things, you know?
You're piece on Peculiar Crossroads this week is so deep and wise I am at a loss for words to express how it made me feel. Thank you, Kori. Addendum: fortunately I read Jonathan Roger's Substack after I wrote this comment and he gave me the words. "When you make something, something is made in you." Thank you, Jonathan.
Your post made me think of loss, particularly of losing someone close to me. The way I viewed it initially and the way I am able to view it now has changed.When I went through a six week grief class, I did it within a few weeks of losing my late husband. Looking back, it was too soon. I would encourage others to wait longer than I did to experience more layers of healing.
Such a wise reflection! I’m thinking of a particular painful experience in my own life. It’s only been in the last few months, five years into the healing process, that I felt myself on firm enough ground to write about this topic—and even then it was with a ton of humility! I agree that things have to marinate in us writers before they’re ready to be shared.
Thanks Kori. I needed hear this again. Last weekend I attended a writing conference, feeling like I was an imposter, because I'm not really writing anything in particular. I had been writing a very personal life story before this, and last year I realized that I couldn't go further until I had more understanding, more healing, and was ready to write respectfully. That has taken time but also another level of prayer counsel. Now, I've lost that desperate need to get it out of me onto the page, and I know when I begin to write it again I'll be able to tell it with care and grace.