Not just a quote…

I love this quote, it feels really honest.

“To write is to wield a weapon, an ethereal katana. I can pierce the non-tangible with the right words.”

I think the “weapon” part isn’t about hurting anything… it’s more about being able to say things you wouldn’t say out loud.

Even if you soften it… dress it up a bit… it’s still there.

You’re still putting parts of yourself into something. Parts you might not otherwise show…

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I shared this online today.

There’s something about the right words… even when they’re not yours…that just seem to reach in and pull something out.

I know I usually say I shared this on my page today…but this one ended up somewhere else.

I have a lot of different places where I put things. Different bits of me sitting in different spaces.

I think part of the reason for that is that some things don’t feel like they should sit side by side… even though they come from the same place.

I don’t know.

This is probably exactly why I have so many separate spaces… because I’m not always sure how it all fits together.

I guess what I’m trying to say is… I don’t really know what I’m trying to say.

Sometimes I think I’m just sharing something simple… like a quote… and leaving it at that.

But then I find myself pulling it apart a little… adding something of my own.

And then even that doesn’t feel like enough… and it turns into something bigger.

And somehow it ends up in more than one place.

I don’t really plan it that way.

It just sort of happens.

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Go figure… this just came to me. 😂😂

I’ve realised I do this thing where I feel like I need to explain everything.

Not just what I’ve done… but why I’ve done it… and then why that makes sense.

It’s like those connect-the-dots drawings. 1, 2, 3, 4… all the way through… until it finally makes a picture.

Except I don’t seem to stop, I just keep adding more dots… trying to make it clearer… and somehow it ends up more confusing. Even to me.

I think I just don’t want to be misunderstood.

Or maybe I feel like I need to justify things before anyone questions them.

I don’t know, I’m starting to think I don’t need to connect every dot though, maybe a few is enough.

A lil later… I just came across this, it felt relevant 🙂