You know that moment, that oh so wonderful moment, when someone takes the time to put pen to paper and write something that perfectly pairs words to your emotions and psychological state of mind? Much like a juvenile game of match the word with the picture, that we all greatly enjoyed playing in kindergarten. And you think to yourself, this person gets me, they understand what it is like to live with these thoughts, bucking around like a bull in a china shop. What a feeling it is to truly feel appreciated. That is precisely how I felt when reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, understood and not sequestered in my own sense of panic, worry, doubt, anxiousness, and the ability to become utterly distracted by everything under the sun as soon as
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Lamott set out that dainty frame on her desk to serve as a reminder when she was overwhelmed with a project, “It reminds me that all I have to do is write down as much as I can see through a one-inch picture frame” (4). What a clever idea to get the ball rolling on a writing assignment, it will no doubt be a fruitful model in my desperate attempts at first draft only, essays of perfection, this semester. Well a girl can dream. Furthermore, another area Lamott is attacking my demanding pride issues with vengence, is this ghastly idea of having someone, other than myself, gasp, read my drafts. Yikes! I can see where she is coming from, however it does not mean I fully embrace it with arms wide open. With much apprehension nonetheless, I acknowledge the benefits of getting a second pair of fresh eyes to take a look at my writing. There is a million and one ways in telling your individual story just so, and a second pair of eyes can give you better insight on whether or not you have arrived at the right course of action (Lamott 9). So without further discussion, here is to telling pride to kick rocks, writing through the eyes of a one-inch picture frame, and having another soul look at your most vulnerable words on paper, only to tell you you are not nearly exposed enough. It is going to be semester of much needed
Lamott set out that dainty frame on her desk to serve as a reminder when she was overwhelmed with a project, “It reminds me that all I have to do is write down as much as I can see through a one-inch picture frame” (4). What a clever idea to get the ball rolling on a writing assignment, it will no doubt be a fruitful model in my desperate attempts at first draft only, essays of perfection, this semester. Well a girl can dream. Furthermore, another area Lamott is attacking my demanding pride issues with vengence, is this ghastly idea of having someone, other than myself, gasp, read my drafts. Yikes! I can see where she is coming from, however it does not mean I fully embrace it with arms wide open. With much apprehension nonetheless, I acknowledge the benefits of getting a second pair of fresh eyes to take a look at my writing. There is a million and one ways in telling your individual story just so, and a second pair of eyes can give you better insight on whether or not you have arrived at the right course of action (Lamott 9). So without further discussion, here is to telling pride to kick rocks, writing through the eyes of a one-inch picture frame, and having another soul look at your most vulnerable words on paper, only to tell you you are not nearly exposed enough. It is going to be semester of much needed