It makes me quite different than other people. And apparently that shows. But I don't want to change. I truly adore the fantasy work I do.
That's where I belong.
And I guess that's why I reacted a little crazy when I had someone send me a message of how words are not reality the other day. For some reason, that really upset me. I argued back that words ARE reality, because they are the way we interpret, interact with, and understand everything that is "real". Every thought, every emotion, can only be consciously understood if it is made into WORDS. Words hold the power of reality inside of them. They shape and flex it to create other dimensions, other universes, and they take us there to visit and see things we could never visit or see in real life.
That's why I love writing. That's what brings me back to this dream over and over and over again. I want to shape reality. I want to warp it into something that no one else has ever seen before.
I want to share my fantasy.
And indeed you should. Words are real and have power. Words can create empires and topple them. The world will be a much better place when we all embrace the power of words if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteI agree. If we all took the time to analyze what we say and how we say it, the world would become a much better place. Violence would decrease, because who needs muscle when words can move generations of people towards our cause?
DeleteOf course, I've also known a few very intelligent people who used words like weapons. They knew the power of words and used them to use and abuse those around them in incredibly sad ways.
All that aside, Mark, I can't believe what a nice person you are. You're simply phenomenal. You've encouraged and helped me through this blog. You're one of the major reasons I've been able to stick to this life change, even when it got tough. And now to bring all these people here, too? I can never thank you enough. You're one amazing person.
Thank you.
very cool....our writing allows us to go elsewhere for a bit...to create...to have fun...to be...words have power as well...and in them we write our own story...
ReplyDeleteYes. We do. We write our lives in words, even if we don't always realize it. It's amazing how organized and easy life becomes when you boil it down to words. Journaling, budgeting, and writing books has taught me that.
DeleteThanks for the great comment! It's so nice to meet all these new people.
"I argued back that words ARE reality, because they are the way we interpret, interact with, and understand everything that is "real".
ReplyDeleteThat was a brilliant sentence. You got it exactly right.
Why, thank you! I am blogging partly out of a need to become a better writer. I hope someday to have one brilliant sentence follow another. But that's a level of expert that I'll probably never achieve.
DeleteOf course, that's the appeal. It's a life-long journey that will never end until the day I die.
Thank you for reading and leaving a comment here! I can't tell you how much that means to me.
I love to get lost in my writing. It is *my* reality for a little while.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt is really into physics and we once argued about just that. She said that 'reality' is just a construct your mind uses to organize the data it takes in into something understandable. And if you imagine yourself living inside of another world, then that IS your reality. It's the construct your mind is using to organize data into something you can understand as an existence.
DeleteI argued with her about that because I believe the labels of 'fantasy' and 'reality' help keep me sane. As in, this is something real that exists OUTSIDE of my mind, and this is something that is not real and exists INSIDE of my mind.
Of course, I freely acknowledge we were both right.
Thanks for stopping by!
As a fellow writer, all I can say is a hearty "yes." Sometimes I'm guilty of living in my head a little too much, but it creates amazing stories. I love living in my story worlds, and when I'm deep into a novel, it is most definitely my reality. Also, computer graphics can make some great fantasy creatures in movies, but nothing's yet powerful enough to beat the rendering I have in my own head.
ReplyDeleteExactly! I compare my inner worlds to living inside the holodeck on Star Trek. It's so much more vivid than Hollywood's attempts at capturing it.
DeleteThe good news is that technology is growing at such a rate, holodecks aren't such an impossible dream anymore. Someday, maybe, other people who aren't born with a holodeck inside their mind can live the fantasy, too. I really hope so. I feel like those people are really missing out in something special.
Thanks so much for coming around to check this out. You're all amazing!
Mark told me to come here or else he'll burn me with a cuban cigar. So, uhhh, hi! You've gained a new follower!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. The imagination is a powerful tool, and words are the best way to utilise them. You can get lost in words, unless you have a vocab GPS, or a dictionary. I don't know what I'm trying to say other than "well said!"
Lol. Well I'm glad to see no cookie monsters were harmed in the making of this comment. ;)
DeleteThank you so much for coming by. I just have one question: What's a vocab GPS?
I'm confused as to how somebody can write so beautifully and yet have such a low amount of readers so I've swung by from Mark to help out with that. Honestly words can become reality, without sounding like I'm going off on something pretentious words are the basis of how thoughts are formed and how actions are formed as well, words are important and sometimes in tough times words can be all that we have. Great blog by the way, looking forward to reading more posts like this in the future.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! The answer to that is simple: I really stink at the socialization thing. And while being a good writer is important in this kind of work, marketing is just as important, and that's at least 90% socializing with other people. I struggle with that in real life, and it seems my social awkwardness extends to the cyber world as well.
DeleteI agree completely about words being the basis of thoughts and actions! That's exactly what I was trying to say. They are also a source of amazing power, if you can use them properly. I've used them to protect myself from violent people many times in my life.
Thanks again for stopping by. I can't believe how nice you all have been, all because Mark said something so incredibly sweet on his blog. I really appreciate it.
I understand what you mean, online originally I felt a little I don't know, stuttering when it came to actually making friends with people, even now if somebody I don't know is too friendly with me I feel a little awkward for a while but it's just something you have to deal with, keep doing what you're doing, Mark is a great guy as well!
DeleteGreetings from Mark! And I agree with you. Reading a book is like being able to hear the voice and see the world of someone who has potentially died long, long ago.
ReplyDeleteReading through the comments, it's really not hard to build a large following in the Blogosphere, all you have to do is comment and follow a lot of other blogs.
I used to get close to a hundred comments per post, but as studies took over that number slowly dwindled. Disabling captcha really helps. Maybe I should pick up the slack a bit. :P
Do I have captcha on? I'll have to go turn that off. Thanks for letting me know!
DeleteYes. I know. I have to work on my following and commenting. I just struggle with being social on other people's blogs, I suppose. Don't really know how to start a conversation.
I think I'll figure it out, though. I really like this.