today’s passage: he talks about the need of being near water, how clouds float over, pretty harvard runner girls and their vitality, running shoes, and toxins of writing
i do think that writing can get really heavy, especially if you’re writing something of substance. it really does take a lot out of you. when i binge write, it hurts my brain. i always inevitably want to a drink after, to relax and numb myself a bit. maybe good writing doesn’t come from drinking but the other way around. the picture of the suffering artist, i don’t want to be that. and yoga, daily, really is good for the writing brain. especially the 10-15 mins i get before of just pure quiet, laying there on the studio floor, letting my thoughts collect on me but then also being able to let it go, not care for that hour. but the drive home, different story sometimes.
found the part where he talks about counterbalancing the toxin that arises when you write. and doing yoga/working out daily really does do that. i felt so much better when i prioritized it. felt much less drained. if only i could spend my life just working out and writing. but that’s hard, so maybe just 1 or 2 months at a time in vn every half year could help that. i really have no social life there and everything is very calm although in a hectic city, i like the balance it brings. also i am never alone, in vietnam i get pockets of alone time that eventually result in thoughts that have been buried finally given the space to bubble up.
quotes:
…like it or not, a toxin that lies deep down in all humanity rises to the surface.
an unhealthy soul requires a healthy body…