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What about when words are not enough?

barcoachbarcoach Posts: 413
edited December 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Hi there, I think I have never posted a thread of my own here... but now I really need it.
I write, I've always written since I was 10 or 11, poems, songs, tales, I even tried a novel... I grew up and actually I partially make a living writing, I love reading as well, all my money goes on that, records and books.. I love the power of language when it becomes art...
But suddenly I find myself today with this feeling beyond any words, I want to express something but just don't find the way to do it, is like words were very small, very insignificant when compared to what's lying inside me... I feel so impotent, feel overwhelmed by this nameless feeling, feel like wanting deliverance but still imprisoned within myself...
to anybody reading, thanks, I think this was just a way to get this thing off... if anyboday has felt like this comment, I'll read your words with grateful attention...
Stone: Thanks for the pick and the night of complicity, you rock!
-The crazy guy with the Ramones t-shirt.
Mexico C. 12/10/05.

"There is a rose that I want to live for
although, God knows, I may not have met her"
-J. Strummer

"And you'll never know just how dark this screen could be"
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Try writing in a different style: Impressionistic, rather than realist. Try to explore through sound patternings rather than story "that roar which lies on the other side of silence" (and if anyone can identify that literary allusion, I'll give them a Crackerjack pen).
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    Enjoy the feeling! Words are just symbols, not every feeling can be attached to a word.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • barcoachbarcoach Posts: 413
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    "that roar which lies on the other side of silence"

    That image is so great, Finsbury... I think it just expresses my actual state, thanks, that was really helpful.
    Be blessed.
    Stone: Thanks for the pick and the night of complicity, you rock!
    -The crazy guy with the Ramones t-shirt.
    Mexico C. 12/10/05.

    "There is a rose that I want to live for
    although, God knows, I may not have met her"
    -J. Strummer

    "And you'll never know just how dark this screen could be"
  • twin1twin1 Posts: 902
    barcoach wrote:
    Hi there, I think I have never posted a thread of my own here... but now I really need it.
    I write, I've always written since I was 10 or 11, poems, songs, tales, I even tried a novel... I grew up and actually I partially make a living writing, I love reading as well, all my money goes on that, records and books.. I love the power of language when it becomes art...
    But suddenly I find myself today with this feeling beyond any words, I want to express something but just don't find the way to do it, is like words were very small, very insignificant when compared to what's lying inside me... I feel so impotent, feel overwhelmed by this nameless feeling, feel like wanting deliverance but still imprisoned within myself...
    to anybody reading, thanks, I think this was just a way to get this thing off... if anyboday has felt like this comment, I'll read your words with grateful attention...

    I have felt that way myself many times, having the great need to express myself but not sure how, you are not alone. Thanks for sharing! :)
    Our love must not be just words, but True Love, which shows itself in action,
    No one needs a smile more than someone who fails to give one,
    After you die...you know how to LIVE!
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