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A writer's life, anyone? Each morning the writer wakes up and wills his soul to create – to capture a few, out of time moments of perfect centeredness. Then comes the fall from grace into the hell of expectations. Will the creation live? Will it go forth and impress the world? Will it bring back riches and fame? Desire and yearning. Pain and suffering. The Buddha told us these were the substance of the human experience. How well we writers know them. Hope and despair, elation and defeat, acceptance and rejection – you get to ride this particular see-saw everyday in writing school. Out of these daily lessons we learn to cultivate resilience. We learn that we must carry always a small, inner flame of conviction to weather the dark nights of the soul - those terrible spates when rejection slips don’t simply rain but pour down upon us relentlessly. We must learn equally to keep intact a deep, dark private recess to nurture our fecundity when the blaze of sunshine and recognition from outside gets too much, threatening to dry up our creativity in a self-congratulatory blaze. And then there is that last lesson in the human condition – of our overwhelming interdependence. However perfect the writing the writer must learn humility. For, to survive, his words must beg for a home in another’s heart. The writing life is the crucible in which life’s lessons are distilled. My mum used to say writers tell of the human condition. She was wrong. Writers live the human condition. We’re the fall guys - we take the brunt of being human. With our fragile creativity, our dogged determination, our helpless inter-dependence, our mortal quest for immortality we are the human story. The human race should be kind to its writers. Even the most imperfect amongst us is a flag bearer of mankind’s quest to transcend itself. **************** My posts on the ryze message board: Exploring The Kural: Essay: http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=961494&confid=1199 Blessings: http://www.ryze.com/postdisplay.php?messageid=2459171&confid=1199 Haridwar http://www.ryze.com/postdisplay.php?messageid=2398523&confid=1199 My Father's Legacy: http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=798915&confid=1199 Sword of Honour: http://www.ryze.com/postdisplay.php?messageid=2300590&confid=1199 The Dark Horse: http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=779180&confid=1199 Sex and The Writer: http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=769262&confid=1199 What is poetry?: http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=761281&confid=1199 For more of my work please visit: http://manjul-bajaj.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm http://www.youtube.com/ManjulBajaj Sign in to be able to view LBTree's guestbook and friends list!
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