ART: Writing just to Write
I miss writing for the sake of writing. Usually when I write these days, it is to share something I’m creating or selling, something I am inviting people to attend. Which I love to do of course, but it’s SO different!
Tonight I saw a memory on Facebook of this blog post I made 7 years ago today. I was about 2 years into my blog at that point.
It had me start to ponder, why don’t I write like that anymore? What changed?? When did I stop?
Doesn’t it seem amazing that blogs were a “thing”?? Maybe they still are and I just don’t know?? Now I (and I would imagine most people I know, or at least when I see what people are doing on their phone it seems to be this) find that I’m just scrolling through endless posts, barely reading past a paragraph or two, and swiping through endless stories.
Gone are the days of deep reflective contemplative spill my insides out writing for me. It feels very commercialism/consumerist - like how do I know that people will care anymore about a post I write in 3 minutes versus a very intimate sharing of my inner world?
So in that spirit, this post is of the later. One of my words for the year is ART. When people used to ask me if I was an artist, without hesitation I would respond “Yes of course, I am a writer and a dancer!”
Those art forms seem far away to me at the moment, so tonight when this idea started coming through, rather than scroll some more I decided to WRITE.
I pray to the muses and to myself that this year I will write more just for the sake of writing.
And to me that is really just a way to share myself so maybe you will feel seen yourself. That you feel what I feel in your own way. Or that you’ll be inspired, or fascinated, or at minimum distracted from your own scrolling for a little while to extend your attention muscle again.
I like the honesty behind this piece. Sometimes writing simply for the sake of writing can be valuable because it allows ideas and creativity to develop without worrying too much about the final result. I also enjoy creative-writing videos and use a playlist length checker to plan my learning sessions.
I enjoyed the idea of creating art or writing simply for the sake of creating rather than always expecting a particular outcome. There is something valuable about allowing creativity to exist without constantly measuring its productivity or commercial value. Students exploring creative and academic projects can also use simple digital resources such as TI84Calc when mathematics or calculations become part of their work.
I totally get this. Writing just for the joy of it feels so rare now. random state generator
I remember sitting late at night, just writing without thinking, like she described, trying to feel something real again. In the middle of it, I even looked into audiobook publishing, wondering if my words could ever reach someone the same way.
This is such a beautiful reminder of why we create in the first place. "Writing just to write" is a lost art in our result-oriented world. There’s something so therapeutic about the flow of letters on a page. For anyone who finds joy in the aesthetics of their personal journals or creative drafts, I’ve found this cursive writing generator to be a lovely free tool to help visualize and practice an elegant, personal script. Thank you for this inspiring reflection!