ecamouse37

Don't you hate it when you feel like you simply do not have the time for new projects?

It is so frustrating when you'd like to try something new, but then those darn responsibilities get in the way. *Shakes fist*

I would like to do a few writing exercises. There's one idea that has been floating in my head for a while, and then today I decided that I need to practice describing the senses.

What I'd like to do is choose one object and write five different pieces using one of the senses for each. I think it would be fun to have such a limitation with description, and I think it could push some creative juices around in this head of mine (boy do I need it).

Who knows if I will be able to do this any time soon... but I hope by writing this journal entry it will remind me every day I log in!

Just recently I came across something I wrote a year or so ago. It is not finished, but I am wondering if I should maybe continue to work with it. I'd like some feedback

It started because of a picture my friend shared with me. I do not know the origins of the photo... but I hope to find out someday. Anyways, this is what I had written:

"I lay in a golden hue of soft petals and grass.
It surrounds me like a gold sea, engulfing me in all its brightness.
The yellow color reaches the sky, slowing morphing to orange and pink.
As my eye travels farther up to the stars, the sky turns red, dark.
Streaks of purple and black mix in with the deathly color red and it is beautiful…
I can see the stars shining through the blackness that tops off the sky.
The moon can be seen, and the oak tree's branches reach up towards the heavens.
The birds soar.
They fly in a cluster towards the darkness, the unknown."

So, what do you think?

September 28th, 2012
Since posting this journal, I have completed this piece and have posted it here on Deviant Art. If you would like to see how the finished product turned out, follow the link

ecamouse37.deviantart.com/art/…

Also, thanks for reading ^.^

Lately, things have been very stressful. School. Work. Family. It is all very draining, and I suppose I did not notice how draining until today.

I find myself getting sick; I worry it will get worse by tomorrow, which will only add more stress. I have so much to do and so much I would like to accomplish as well.

For instance, I would really like to make a few more writing pieces. All the works I have posted so far, were not made with much attention to structure. I simply wrote them because of dreams, events, memories, emotions, and as a coping mechanism.

I would really like to fine tune the way I write, but in all honesty, I am not sure how... I know very little about writing and so any advice or feedback about what I have now, and pieces in the future, would be much appreciated.

Part of me wonders if I can even begin to learn new ways of constructing "poetry" (If that is even what I write...).

I am use to just letting whatever I feel release itself onto the screen.

Part of me also wonders if I can even tap into that creative place now that I do not have the inspirations that I had in the past.

The fact that I feel stressed and worry about college and such could potentially play a factor in whether or not I can be creative enough to write something....

I guess we will have to see what happens.

I know time will be another obstacle... but I really would like to get back into the habit of creating something. Even if it is just me letting out the emotions I have at the time. I suppose learning ways to construct stanzas could come later...

Perhaps, I should write about the things that have me stressed.