Why You Should Write as the World Burns
Today’s post will remind you why you should keep writing, especially as the world burns. Keep reading, leave a comment, then check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.
Writing is an act of resistance in a world that is designed to ignore and or silence you, or at best keep you compliant and complacent.
Writing is an act that entails vivid awareness of what was, what is, and what must be (sometimes all at once), so it is necessary to truth-telling.
Writing is an act that ignites the deepest corners of one’s imagination, which inspires intense meaning and joy and intentional action.
Writing is an act that clarifies thoughts, intentions, beliefs, and feelings.
Writing is an act that spurs difficult but needed dialogues across communities, and time and space.
Writing is an act that allows others to learn what they need to learn at their own pace, without fear of instant reprisal or harsh judgment.
Writing is an act that requires calm and focus, which is a form of intentional rebellion against our always-on and reactive attention economy.
Writing is an act that allows one to step into the shoes of another, to feel their fears and dreams as if they were their own, so it builds long-lasting empathy.
Writing is an act of hope and sincere perseverance and fortitude, as writing warrants a strong amount of faith that there are people out there who want to read what has been and will be written.
Writing is an act that validates one’s existence and allows them to say: “I am here. I exist. And that matters. My words matter. My existence matters.”
Writing is an act that soothes weary souls meandering about the world who are looking for solace and understanding and meaning.
Writing is an act that can turn wrath into compassion.
Writing is a never-ending process that involves all of humanity.
Writing is an action that has propelled inquiry, innovation, diplomacy, beauty, reflection, understanding, gratitude, revolutions, peace, the contours of the human psyche and brain, and entire societal shifts.
If writing wasn’t one of the most important and valuable acts possible in our world right now, people in power would never ban books or hide written records or quibble and argue over captions and contracts and laws and religious texts and reports and news articles and historical records and…
Don’t let anyone convince you that writing isn’t one of the most necessary acts, especially now. Writing is everything.
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Write a scene in which one or more people are honoring their ancestors.
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