Comments on: Writing to sustain the heart http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/ from stress to serenity one step at a time Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:55:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joanna Young http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Joanna Young Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:34:19 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-84 Maria, thanks for your feedback. "I can't wait to sit and write" is just the reaction I want to evoke - perfect! Joanna Maria, thanks for your feedback.

“I can’t wait to sit and write” is just the reaction I want to evoke – perfect!

Joanna

]]> By: Maria http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Maria Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:19:06 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-88 Beautifully written and so inspiring. I can't wait to sit and write. Beautifully written and so inspiring. I can’t wait to sit and write.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Joanna Young Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:14:33 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-87 Angela, thank you. I was thinking about the quote you shared with us - and am hoping that my writing can be both useful and beautiful! Something to aspire to anyway :-) Karen, thanks for sharing that experience. I can feel the power of the emotions in your words still. I've had similar experiences myself - during the best of times and the worst of times. Times when I've been driven to write, screeds and screeds even when my eyes have been blinded by tears. And it does, somehow, help us to process our emotions and recover some kind of balance, or calm maybe :-) Joanna Angela, thank you. I was thinking about the quote you shared with us – and am hoping that my writing can be both useful and beautiful! Something to aspire to anyway :-)

Karen, thanks for sharing that experience. I can feel the power of the emotions in your words still.

I’ve had similar experiences myself – during the best of times and the worst of times. Times when I’ve been driven to write, screeds and screeds even when my eyes have been blinded by tears. And it does, somehow, help us to process our emotions and recover some kind of balance, or calm maybe :-)

Joanna

]]> By: karen http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-86 karen Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:10:17 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-86 Joanna, this beautiful piece of writing made me remember back to when my first child was born. I was so overwhelmed and overcome by the whole experience, the only way I could deal with it was to write it out. Once I had poured it all onto the page, somehow I could better cope and move on to love this amazing child. Writing out the emotions surely does help us process and heal. Thanks so much for the reminder. Joanna,
this beautiful piece of writing made me remember back to when my first child was born. I was so overwhelmed and overcome by the whole experience, the only way I could deal with it was to write it out. Once I had poured it all onto the page, somehow I could better cope and move on to love this amazing child.

Writing out the emotions surely does help us process and heal. Thanks so much for the reminder.

]]> By: Angela Esnouf http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Angela Esnouf Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:42:00 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-85 I love to suround myself with beautiful things. And your writing, Joanna, is one of those things. Thanks for sharing your gift. I love to suround myself with beautiful things. And your writing, Joanna, is one of those things. Thanks for sharing your gift.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Joanna Young Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:13:02 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-83 Thank you Chris :-) But you know much as I love writing about writing... it's really the writers that I love. I love what I see of the human, the personal, the imperfect, the magnificent when I hear their words, when I see what it has meant to them to put their words down on the page. And I didn't quite realise that until I read your comment, and thought about my reply. It's quite a big thought. And one I'm very grateful for. Thanks :-) Joanna Thank you Chris :-)

But you know much as I love writing about writing… it’s really the writers that I love.

I love what I see of the human, the personal, the imperfect, the magnificent when I hear their words, when I see what it has meant to them to put their words down on the page.

And I didn’t quite realise that until I read your comment, and thought about my reply.

It’s quite a big thought. And one I’m very grateful for. Thanks :-)

Joanna

]]> By: chris http://thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-82 chris Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:33:15 +0000 http://www.thecalmspace.com/2008/02/writing-heart/#comment-82 Oh Joanne As someone who loves to write, the thing I am finding most wonderful about your contributions to Calm Space is the way you are prompting me to look at my writing from new perspectives. Your total LOVE of the art and your desire to make it accessible to everyone sings at us this month! Thanks for such a sweet voice and for nurturing an appreciation of the opportunity to write and a gratitude for its gifts! Oh Joanne
As someone who loves to write, the thing I am finding most wonderful about your contributions to Calm Space is the way you are prompting me to look at my writing from new perspectives.
Your total LOVE of the art and your desire to make it accessible to everyone sings at us this month!
Thanks for such a sweet voice and for nurturing an appreciation of the opportunity to write and a gratitude for its gifts!

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