random ramble and a poem.

I used to write more. I don't know what changed... maybe it's that I graduated college and all of a sudden had a different outlook on things. I used to write a lot, and it was a release for me. And I don't just mean blog posts (because I did and still do have a LiveJournal and I write in it sometimes just because), but I mean really writing, something of substance or creativity that I would actually want to share with someone else.

I don't do that anymore, really, and I don't know why.

I think it's important to have a creative outlet. Maybe it's taking photos or knitting or cooking or something. You can have whatever creative outlet will work best for you. Mine has always seemed to be writing. One of my most favorite classes I took in college was a creative writing class. We wrote poems and stories and it was freeing. I actually wrote a story about a moose named Mikel Gorbachev (spelled slightly wrong on purpose) who took a trip to meet the love of his life. It was fun.

Being an adult is fun too. But there are also decisions to be made and bills to be paid and responsibilities. So you have to find a balance. And I'm working on my balance, I really am. Lately it's just been a little harder to find.

The Pacific Ocean - August 2010

So here's a teeny tiny poem I wrote a while back (as part of my creative writing class), and I hope that soon, I will find the joy in writing more things, just because.

Ocean

No matter how many times

You tickle my toes

I keep running back for more.

I did not even mind when

You stung my eyes.

Do you have a creative outlet? What is it?