The well written word
posted in life |Can change your life, right? How do people not know this. I, myself, am not a good writer and this is something I can say with absolute certainty. However, the other side of that coin is that I can absolutely say that I crave the well written word like plants crave the sun. Not even the well written word…but the written word. In the most unlikely places I can find the map to deciphering my thoughts and my own emotions. And sometimes…I can find a piece of the map to the person I eventually want to be.
Tonight I read a book, a fiction piece. It wasn’t a very original storyline or even particularly WELL written but man did it pack a punch. Its called “B as in beauty” and it’s punch lie in the insight. Made, somehow, more insightful by the fact that it was written by a man. Now, before you say that’s sexist let me explain two things. First. Yep, sexist. Second, the insight that tossed my on my butt was in a womans thoughts. A man was able to completely jump right into my head and have his character react in a way that put words to my feelings. Creepy and hot all at the same time. He touched my thoughts (and well, me) on subjects from weight, to God, to sex, and an over packed schedule. He nailed me on my guilt (who knows if its Latin guilt or daughter guilt….) and what I find that validates me.
He’s probably a woman trapped in a man’s body. Whatever. I loved that book.
More than loving the book though…I love that I love the written word. I love that I understand its power and that I can be provoked and comforted at the same time by these little words all strung together.
Reading rocks, ya’ll.
