--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > FWIW, it's not uncommon for writers to have the experience > > of what they write coming *through* them from "somewhere" > > else, almost as if they were taking dictation. > > > > I'm not a writer, but I've had that experience a couple > > of times; several of my writer clients have had it. > > > > With one of my clients, every once in a while as I'm > > editing his work, I'll come upon a really rough patch > > and find myself effortlessly rewriting it, even adding > > stuff that should have been there but isn't. > > > > He's always thrilled when I do that. I kid him by > > telling him that for some reason his muse wasn't able > > to get through to him when he was writing the part I > > fixed, so she contacted me instead when I was editing > > it and gave me what she couldn't get him to receive. > > > > I'm not entirely sure there isn't something to that. > > What you're describing in writers is commmon, > but it's also open to interpretation. Another > way of seeing the same phenomenon is just > "getting out of your own way." When you do, > the creativity flows.
Of course. But in this case the interesting part, to me, is that I seem to be able to access, on the occasions I described, the flow of creativity he *should* have been able to access had he not been getting in his own way. > Where the person who experiences this flow > chooses to believe it flows *FROM* is another > question, one that is all wrapped up in personal > beliefs and/or religion. Did you really take my notion of a "muse" literally?? ROTFL!! None of my writer clients who have this experience attempt to identify a source; they just report the experience. The sense of flow is > the same, but different writers *interpret* it > differently. Some interpret it as "coming from" > somewhere "else" or someone "else." Others inter- > pret the *same* phenomenon as being merely their > own voice and their own thoughts, just not > filtered through a bunch of "self crapola." > > I've experienced this phenomenon many times, > and not once was I ever tempted to interpret > it as coming from anywhere "else" or anyone > "else." It's just that the internal "bullshit > filter" got out of the way for a while, and > the writing or speaking was clearer and less > distorted as a result, that's all. > > Just another way of seeing things... > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
