midnight musings II

Wednesday, September 4

-I feel paralyzed when I write sometimes and I'm not entirely sold on what I've written. I realize first drafts can't be perfect.
-This scares me. I'm a perfectionist. It scares me when my words aren't perfect.
-You know what helps? Music. 
-Cliches are cliches for a reason. They are true.
-Without music, I believe, we would all feel paralyzed. 
-We would feel lost.
-We wouldn't breathe.
-All we can do is keep breathing
-I hope everyone has something they can love like I love words.
-I hope everyone has a celebrity they can look up to. Or if not a celebrity, someone with influence. 
-Pop culture is a part of us. It's time to accept that.
-Ever let your past come back at 12:05 and keep you up at night? 
-Sometimes it's nice to sit and think the past through.
-Even past that is re-imagined is true to you. It becomes your history. 
-I love personal histories
-I am a collector of lives.
-I want to hear every single story.

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5 comments:

  1. AJSeptember 5, 2013 at 2:07 AM

    -Pop culture is a part of us. It's time to accept that.
    #truth

    Love this!

    :)

    AJ | TheAJMinute
    @TheAJMinute

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  2. Madeleine LowSeptember 5, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    All the things that you write, they are too beautiful.

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  3. meg birdSeptember 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM

    me too, me too, me too, me too.

    I can't say it enough with you! haha me freakin too. It's so difficult at times, to break out of the thought that what you write needs to be perfect. But I find that my favorite things I write just come, without a single thought in my mind about perfection. It just flows out. I wish I knew how to keep my brain in this mode, cause it's rare.

    And the stories thing. I completely agree. I love hearing people's stories. It's addictive.

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  4. maggeygraceSeptember 5, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    One of my writing teachers said one time that she didn't believe in cliches and we shouldn't either. It's been some of the best writing advice I've ever received because I always feel timid starting out on a writing project that I'm in the "cliche" zone. Pop culture YES. Taylor Swift is my gurl.

    Also thank you for your blog comments!!!!! Trust me girl I read them and you are my jam. Can I keep you in my pocket forever?

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  5. S.September 6, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    this is really wonderful.
    i think you're wonderful.

    S.

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Thank you for your words; they light a fire in my heart. You are lovely.

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