A unique rendition of The Fisher King to think about for a bit. Ponder Percival, the fallow kingdom, and the deep, unhealed wound.Maybe write down the question: What ails me? Share what comes up and share.
I'm reading all of the posts from the beginning ... again. I am pondering 'what ails me, what deep unhealed wound?' After much seeking, counselling, learning, growing, healing - and writing about it all - asking the question still stirs something, so I will keep asking and pondering.
I will definitely keep this question in mind as I write. Like you said in your introduction, it's so common to lose sight of the reason we start writing... for ourselves, not for other people. And when we're truest to ourselves and what we need, when we work to uncover our own truths, we can be more authentic and thus move through the world in a way that helps everyone.
This is a lovely story. I think so much about finding and sharing my own truth -- and how to make that work in a world/community/family of so many conflicting truths. The Roald Dahl story Genesis and Catastrophe made a huge impact on me as a young person -- the idea that one person's truth may be another's nightmare (in that case, millions of peoples nightmare), and then it grows more multi-faceted from there. That's harder to deal with and express, but infinitely more interesting to me than one "truth." Though of course, as you point out, if you look inward you can move forward with making peace with and sense of your own story. Thanks...
I'm reading all of the posts from the beginning ... again. I am pondering 'what ails me, what deep unhealed wound?' After much seeking, counselling, learning, growing, healing - and writing about it all - asking the question still stirs something, so I will keep asking and pondering.
I will definitely keep this question in mind as I write. Like you said in your introduction, it's so common to lose sight of the reason we start writing... for ourselves, not for other people. And when we're truest to ourselves and what we need, when we work to uncover our own truths, we can be more authentic and thus move through the world in a way that helps everyone.
This is a lovely story. I think so much about finding and sharing my own truth -- and how to make that work in a world/community/family of so many conflicting truths. The Roald Dahl story Genesis and Catastrophe made a huge impact on me as a young person -- the idea that one person's truth may be another's nightmare (in that case, millions of peoples nightmare), and then it grows more multi-faceted from there. That's harder to deal with and express, but infinitely more interesting to me than one "truth." Though of course, as you point out, if you look inward you can move forward with making peace with and sense of your own story. Thanks...
Ponder Percival, the fallow kingdom, and the deep, unhealed wound.
Share what comes up in the chat.