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Beyond the Textbook

Laurie Lupold

Emotion is essential to our lives. Though at times they may not let us feel our best, the miracle of having them allows us to be whom we are. I can remember in my own life feeling expressions that I simply did not want to deal with but in the process of it all life became as stable as it could be and these emotions at times sparked different sides to my creativity that enhanced my growth in writing.

Allowing yourself to feel doesn't have to be a bad thing. There are many people who numb themselves to any sign of emotion and I dare say, none of these people are writers. In some degree we put our hearts into what we are writing and to this point our emotion becomes involved.

If we savor our emotions and express them as we feel them in our writing we can create from that a beautiful art. And also, if we allow ourselves to feel the emotion of the story or poetry we might be creating we give that piece a pertinent sense of detail and reality. It's when we withhold our feelings that our senses begin to wither and we produce what I define as text.

This ideal is fine if you are creating a manual or text for educational or other purposes but if you are creating something, which includes life you must extenuate the tools you were given from birth and devise them into the realms of your creativity. Even the darkest of stories and poetry will become accredited for the talent of the author.

In closing my comment would simply be that becoming a person who allows emotion is becoming a person who feels alive even if at some aspect that feeling is pain. Pain has its own lessons and we reach their goal at some point. In my opinion, if we gain something, than it was worth it.