Friday, September 16, 2011

waterfall of words

Sometimes i wish words could flow out from my fingertips like waterfalls
one after the other
quickly and fluidly
without hesitation
just then i backspaced
just then I hesitated to write the next word
why can't my thoughts be magically transcribed into writing?
writers block
is not my friend.
I want to write
so much more than I do
but i find the words only flow like water when there is also water flowing from my eyes
i need an emotional push
a plunge deeper inside of me
in order to find the well of words from which to write
i think this is why i like visual things much better than words
an image captures everything just the way it is
just the way i see it and at the same time
it captures all that i feel and think about it as well
its all there
represented visually
no need for transcription
a picture is, after all, worth a million words
I think that's my problem
when I try and write about the pictures in my head
I freak out
because I know I could never write a million words
and that even if I could
they would not describe exactly what it is I am seeing in my head.