Have you ever sat down to write only to to find your so concerned with writing right that the deep words don’t even make it to the surface?
I have.
There is no rush of healing, no revelation when the deep words (the real ones) haven’t bubbled up.
We zero in on punctuation, sound, {will someone read this and think it sounds dumb – forget that, I think it’s dumb!?} making sure words are straight, not to big, evenly centered, and let’s not even mention staying between the lines!
Stretching words over lines is way underrated!
Some of the most healing moments of my life have happened when I simply let words spill out. I throw out order and rules – any word, in any order, with any spacing is free game (made up words also allowed!).
Just getting the REAL words out (the words you don’t even know are there) is the point.
Here is an example of one “word spill” that came out while writing this post.
……. …….. …….
the sp A ce between is where the magic happens
a pause in the sk{i}es
breath ~ it flies
firefly glow in the eyes
and the w{i}llll
to go deeper still
the tumbling, climbing, reaching, finding – seeing what is there [beneath the square]
beneath is air the fair the spare des{i}re to not care
its me and the words are fr eee
…….. ………. …………
There has to be space for magic when we create!
If we squeeze and push everything into the neat and tidy rules, magic never happens.
So, try it! Try letting words spill out of your pen without hinderance or much thought. Your “word spill” might be a list of words, a shape with words, or, a poem (as my words spills are as of late). However they come out, DO NOT over think this. Over thinking kills the magic.
Words are a gift. A gift that helps us discover who we are, how we thrive, and what makes us feel bravely human. The magic happens when we let the real words out.
