Writing
Reminders to express and discover the self through written word
Writing
They told us productivity would set us free. So we organized and optimized and checked all the boxes. We became very good at being very busy.
But in the quiet moments between tasks, I felt something missing. Not the missing of empty inboxes or completed lists. The missing of wonder. Of discovery. Of the slow, sacred act of paying attention.
So I
... See more“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” -Kurt Vonnegut
whenever i feel alive, i reach for a pen.
ayan artan • your perfectionism will not save you.
What a beautiful sentence
https://rentfreewithayan.substack.com/p/your-perfectionism-will-not-save
it’s why creative block feels like a small death. this thing that you are meant to be good at, this gift, has suddenly abandoned you. you do not know how long for. it feels like an indictment of you personally, a punishment. imagine an opera singer who stands on stage one day, opening her mouth to let music come forward being met instead by... See more
ayan artan • your perfectionism will not save you.
the betrayal of creative blocks. The complete destruction of your identity. who are you without this gift?
To write is to connect irrespective of the confines of time, space or distance. It creates a spark of understanding and camaraderie between two souls who may never meet.