Sunlight falls into the room.
For those who will read this. I once started to write and never stopped. Everyday I am writing now. During this time, I've realised a few things that I'd like to share with you now.
1. I focused on consistency rather than perfection.
My goal is to write every day, but every day is different and the creativity flows differently. Sometimes my hands are light and fly across the keyboard, and sometimes I'm overcome with emptiness in my head. I've learnt to cope with both. It can't always flow, and it's okay if sometimes nothing comes. In fact, I've had the craziest ideas in those empty moments. Somehow the emptiness makes room for new creativity. Furthermore, to not demand perfection from my self relieves a lot of pressure. I just can finish the text where ever I want.
2. To publish my writings gave me accountability
Even when I didn't feel like writing, I had an incentive to write. I knew I had to put them online. In the beginning, nobody read my texts. But just the idea that there might be someone reading it still gives me the push to just write every day.
3. I started without a thread, a concept or a story, but over time it crystallised on its own
& now I don't know if I like it.
In the beginning, I just started writing whatever came to mind. There was nothing I could stick to except a main character. Over time, a story began to develop. My mind opened up to a whole new world and that led to a certain standard developing.
But that's also a disadvantage. Earlier, I used to feel freer to write whatever comes along. Now I have to stick to the broader framework (like story, format, narrative style, etc.). I don't want to describe every detail. But I think I have to, because that's my style now. Can I go beyond these standards? Is it possible to write whatever comes to mind and still follow the story? I don't want to tie myself down to one thing, I want to freely express whatever comes.
At the moment, that's a real challenge for me. In my imagination, I can already see where the story is going. I'm so excited to reach that point. But writing to that point, building it all up, describing it and creating a really compelling world feels like a big rock to me.
Do I want a standard or do I want anarchy?
Or can I somehow create synarchy?
4. ...
lamabodhi puts his grandad's diary to one side. He lies in a soft bed filled with down feathers. He already knew that his grandfather was a scribe, but what is interesting for lamabodhi is that his grandfather also had to struggle with the same challenges as he does. While he thinks about it, he gets out of bed and goes to the loo...
These are the Letters of Bodhilama, a guy who lives in a time of transformation.
A guy who felt the urge to write, because nothing else made any sense.
A guy who is a student, teacher & creator of (wild)Planet108.
A solar punk finding his way on the game's journey of life.
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