Some time ago, I read about someone who said that their idea of decorating was working out where to put the next bookcase. I identify completely! Don’t you?
We’ve officially run out of bookcases. Maybe I need one of these bookcases so that my house can be beautifully furnished. Do you think that I can hide behind it and catch up on my reading too? Nothing’s impossible but… sigh.
One of the things I love about reading and writing is where it can take you. I love that words have wings. They fly us outside our usual boundaries into the atmosphere, the stratosphere, to new places, some which exist and some which exist only in the imagination of the writer and the reader.
As writers, we can be anyone we want to, experience whatever we can imagine and learn from it as much as we want to extract. We can never imagine where those words will fly, who may read them and what they might do to the lives of others. What a privilege that is!
As readers, we can live more lives than anyone has time for, experience things we never imagined possible, and learn more than we ever expect. As a lifetime learner, I love this. And, it’s all because of words, the most wonderful world of words.
I like this very much.
Too much spice can be overwhelming, confusing, or scorching.
Too many words can be absolutely overwhelming, utterly confusing, totally exhausting, and boringly repetitive.
Isn’t this so true! How many of those are heartbreaking occasions can you think of?
Times such as when someone:
One which is fresh in my memory is a visit to a nursing home. Although I don’t know the lady well, I was supporting my friend who has known her most of their lives. This lady is confined to her bed and is almost unable to communicate, and unable to read as she previously loved to do.
I can’t imagine how I would cope if words were taken from me. Maybe I don’t want to. Words are such a big part of who I am. Having to live without being able to communicate would be a fate almost worse than death.
Have I prompted you to express those feelings for a character you are writing? Good. I’m glad. I’d love to hear how you get on with it.
Zoetic Words 