I just read a fascinating article that was posted on line, written about Anne Lamott. I am not familiar with Lamott, but she has written 15 books, both fiction and non-fiction, essays and more. The article I read was actually an interview, and Lamott has a very distinct and clear and fascinating "voice". She is about to publish her 16th book.
What she has to say about where she is at this point in her life, is something that I clearly relate to at this point in my own journey.
Basically, this is where she says she is: "I don't have anything in my mind or in my heart that I feel like pursuing". She is about to take at least a year of sabbatical.
When it comes to the creative, writer's side of my life, that is exactly where I am. I have no future writing projects in my mind.
But perhaps that should not be at all surprising. I have maintained and written a blog for the past five years. 621 essays to date.
With an average of 48 sermons a year for 20 years, plus about 10 sermons a year for five years, I have written in excess of 1000 sermons. (not including countless other writing endeavors).
In the past couple of years, I have written the lyrics to three anthems, and this year I have written the "book" [narration and lyrics] for a Christmas Cantata, to be performed in December of this year.
In 2013, I wrote and published a novel I had been working on for a while.
In 2014, I published a sequel because I just wasn't yet finished with the story or the characters.
At this point, I cannot identify any more great creative aspirations to which I feel called.
Therefore, 'I will lie fallow.' [Lamott]
I will enjoy the ordinariness of my life----family, friends, church, social events, domestication, physical activity.
I will wrap myself in a cocoon of contentment. And fall into the rhythm of my days.
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