tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640940937476188368.post4468878557251921691..comments2023-09-01T06:33:45.354-05:00Comments on Gimme Bliss: How to Get Out of Your Own WayTiffany Hamburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215028451823189173noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640940937476188368.post-5038440368888792432007-11-10T12:20:00.000-06:002007-11-10T12:20:00.000-06:00Hello -I've been thinking about this post for abou...Hello -<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about this post for about a month now, and it's opened up fertile understanding for myself as to why I write. In an email to another writer friend, I said:<BR/><BR/>"Why do I write? There are many reasons. I write because I enjoy it. I write because it energizes me and helps me believe there is meaning to life. Beyond all of this, <I>supporting</I> all of this, I write to express gratitude to all of the people who have sacrificed so that I can be who I am, where I am. To not write would be tantamount to theft of a spiritual nature."<BR/><BR/>I think that you are correct, that writing "just" to express yourself is too thin to sustain the arduous task that is the creation of art. There must be something higher than that, what you've termed the 'responsibility to server others.' I don't know that I would have made the connection between my writing and my gratitude if it weren't for the thought this post provoked - which is proof that your writing is reaching people who need to hear your viewpoint. <BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>-erzsebetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com