Wings Of These Our Words

Let me ask you one question before I get into the thick of things:

Why do people write?

How do they write?

When do they write?

Do people write for mere entertainment or for history’s sake?

Do they throw a jumble of words unto paper by means of ink or a blank screen by means of computer keys and attempt to create something expressive if not entirely readable?

…And do these same people write only when inspiration strikes or when in their best interest, idleness is a hobby best preserved by giving it all of one’s attention?

It ALL leads to:

• How a writer voices his thoughts in his or her own way and how particular voices in literature lend themselves to the unfolding of any story, poem and virtually any genre in literature.

• Attempts at giving us subtle if not vivid descriptions of the times an author experiences which leads him to write in a given manner.

• it hints at the readers to see beyond the paper, the ink, the screen, the computer keys

That is saying something since:

1. The world is divided into writers and non-writers : everyone, regardless of social class, gender, religion and such HAVE VARYING WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS and interpreting things. It’s more commonly known as perspective. It can also be termed as individuality or even imagination.

2. Different types of writing=different uses=different…..NO WAY! The possibility is great (ex. form, content, structure etc.) but writing is writing! That way, WRITING IS FLEXIBLE and hence I say, an epitome of versatility

3. Writing means a lot more than it says. To discover that, is to discover the magic behind everything….as everything springs forth from a very big and constantly changing STORY.

4. The form of a thing also speaks for the object. In this case, the form of poetry allows us the convenience of noticing what it is at a glance….and a resume too has its own unique form.

5. Time is of the essence and the essence is of the moment…cliche. Poetry knows no time. Timelessness is a characteristic of good literature. Although writing is created at a specific time and some forms of it lay wasted, not all forms are. Most are even revived. Time only sweetens wine…and writing as well.

6. There are many causes for writing and many standards that each person prizes for him or her to credit a work of literature as palatable–we have David Hume to thank for his On The Standard of Taste–and yet writing is criticized by a lot of people that are not well versed with the a said article’s subject matter. WRITING IS BOUND BY RULES TOO AND THE RULE OF RESPECT SHOULD BE A GOLDEN RULE LEST ONE FALLS FLAT ON HIS FACE FOR CRITICIZING A WORK HE OR SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT.

Be that as it may, each and every living being on this planet should look forward to what literature can offer. Its doors are never closed and it always leads to someplace unexplored. Writing is not confined to words and thoughts and logic–writing is always a whole lot more.

Words have wings that never tire of unfurling. That’s a part of the magic. The rest lies in the reader, the writer, the You, the I and the We….and whoever, whatever, ALWAYS.