And sometimes, I even ask myself whether it fuels my inspiration or hinders my creativity. As a firm believer in duality, I’d say that nothing is entirely black or white. However, I often see it as a nuisance—feeling unrested, in a bad mood, struggling to focus—while at the same time, I have to admit that it plays a rather significant role in my creative process.
I describe my challenge as a restless mind. For example, last night I woke up at 2am and poem was forming in my head so I had to write it out. I was probably awake for another 2 hours. The words come and flow when they want. I don’t get to choose the timing.
That’s exactly the kind of process I’m referring to when I talk about creation linked to a state (in this case, insomnia). And then, sometimes, when fatigue builds up, ideas become scattered, altering the "regular" creative process.
However, even if writing in this state is less enjoyable, the result has its own interesting qualities.
Once I stayed up for several days without sleeping, inspiration comes to me, so I get up and write the words I was inspired to write, and sometimes I saw my dear, precious, distant beloved in my dreams, I tell her poems about my loyal love for her and my intense longing for her and my great sadness that she is not with me, then I wake up and write te, crying, what I said to her in my dream, and once I wrote a poem that she said in my dream describing my great sadness and intense despair, then I woke up and wrote what she said to me,and what I said in response to her
First of all, I am truly sorry for the loss of your loved one. I can only imagine the grief and pain it must bring. Dreams can be beautiful, but they can also be heavy or even horrifying, sometimes dragging us into their—or our own—madness.
I believe that writing goes far beyond a simple means of expression because, at least for me, it also serves as a way to externalize emotions—almost like an exorcism at times, especially in situations that have deeply affected me.
If I may make a small aside on writing, I think the most intense moments are often the ones that paradoxically shape creativity (in this case, writing) in the most striking way. Ideally, I wish it were only moments of pure joy, but I must admit that I find more inspiration in negative emotions.
Sorry for going a bit off-topic at the end, but I’ve gotten used to expressing whatever crosses my mind! In any case, I sincerely thank you for this deeply moving share and once again offer my heartfelt condolences for your loss.
I can relate. Life long insomnia
And sometimes, I even ask myself whether it fuels my inspiration or hinders my creativity. As a firm believer in duality, I’d say that nothing is entirely black or white. However, I often see it as a nuisance—feeling unrested, in a bad mood, struggling to focus—while at the same time, I have to admit that it plays a rather significant role in my creative process.
I describe my challenge as a restless mind. For example, last night I woke up at 2am and poem was forming in my head so I had to write it out. I was probably awake for another 2 hours. The words come and flow when they want. I don’t get to choose the timing.
That’s exactly the kind of process I’m referring to when I talk about creation linked to a state (in this case, insomnia). And then, sometimes, when fatigue builds up, ideas become scattered, altering the "regular" creative process.
However, even if writing in this state is less enjoyable, the result has its own interesting qualities.
Makes sense! Thanks for sharing.
🤔 tell me more. How do you see it playing a role in the creative process?
Just emailed a post to you, which is not allowed by the rules of Substack – i forgot. Gots a damn good memory only its very short.
Synopsis: Start a group of artists presenting own work for analysis
All Art leads toward emptiness/enlightenment.
Example: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/644987-we-shall-not-cease-from-exploration-and-the-end-of
Submit your work, if you want, to galesalfred157@gmail.com for constructive analysis, which i’ll post in Substack, Wednesday’s, for all to see.
Once I stayed up for several days without sleeping, inspiration comes to me, so I get up and write the words I was inspired to write, and sometimes I saw my dear, precious, distant beloved in my dreams, I tell her poems about my loyal love for her and my intense longing for her and my great sadness that she is not with me, then I wake up and write te, crying, what I said to her in my dream, and once I wrote a poem that she said in my dream describing my great sadness and intense despair, then I woke up and wrote what she said to me,and what I said in response to her
First of all, I am truly sorry for the loss of your loved one. I can only imagine the grief and pain it must bring. Dreams can be beautiful, but they can also be heavy or even horrifying, sometimes dragging us into their—or our own—madness.
I believe that writing goes far beyond a simple means of expression because, at least for me, it also serves as a way to externalize emotions—almost like an exorcism at times, especially in situations that have deeply affected me.
If I may make a small aside on writing, I think the most intense moments are often the ones that paradoxically shape creativity (in this case, writing) in the most striking way. Ideally, I wish it were only moments of pure joy, but I must admit that I find more inspiration in negative emotions.
Sorry for going a bit off-topic at the end, but I’ve gotten used to expressing whatever crosses my mind! In any case, I sincerely thank you for this deeply moving share and once again offer my heartfelt condolences for your loss.
Totally relate…. hard to shut off my brain, especially when poems are forming.
Really enjoyed this one!!!
Sometimes, I even wonder: is it the desire to create that leads to insomnia, or does insomnia, in turn, spark a desire to create?
There’s definitely a kind of duality at play, but I quite enjoy these kinds of riddles for the mind. :D
Thank you so much for your feedback, Marjorie!
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Love this!🩷
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Love it!
Thank you, Yolanda ☺️