Shaped by the wind, the snow drift takes many forms. –Terry Chitwood Letting the spirit shape you rather than being shaped by societal pressures makes you into an individual. No longer a cardboard copy of a societal norm, you breathe freely. No longer a societal parrot, you speak freely. Unshaped by the world, your creative […]
Taoist Pearls, Wisdom for Writers: Melting Frozen Ideas
fragments of river ice melt in the spring sun –Terry Chitwood If your heart is encased in ice, you will find it difficult to write about love. If your head is frozen, you will find it hard to write creatively. If your spirit is possessed by a cold fear, you will find it impossible to […]
Taoist Pearls, Wisdom for Writers: Mist Dreams Me
mist dreams me now I awake –Terry Chitwood We are dreamed by the divine dreamer who weaves the twists and turns in our life’s path with a meticulous attention to detail. Yet, we maintain the illusion that we are in control of our lives, holding tight to the fantasy that we are masters of our […]
Taoist Pearls, Wisdom for Writers: Creative Being
sitting quietly doing nothing and all is done –Terry Chitwood Let your thoughts come to rest like leaves swirling to the ground. Melding with the earth, even a gust of wind can’t stir them. With your thoughts rooted in the earth, your mind settles. Ideas Forming Effortlessly, from deep in the earth new ideas are […]
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