I have not written here this month, but I have been surrounded by words.
First, in a generative daily workshop that inspired so many words, and then too in a class on bibliotherapy, where I have primarily studied the works of others.
I’ve also avoided social media this month, which means I’ve read more books, more ideas, more articles.
It’s all been a good reminder that reading and writing make me feel like myself. I’ll work to remember that, as the month changes into March, as all the terrible things happening in this country threaten to shake the world apart.
We must do both, it seems: pay attention to what happens around us, and tend to what happens within us. We move forward, even as we move back.
The Wandering Introvert 