Monday, January 4, 2010

Healing the space within (1)

Funny how an artistic job (and the full-time dedication it demands) can sometimes appear as rather lame excuse to give up or neglect down-to-earth activities such as eating, taking a simple walk and visiting friends or relatives. I have stopped blogging and working on movies for almost three months now. Not that I didn't have anything to say, on the contrary. I just HAD to take care of some more private aspects of my life. Such cleaning up and doing full refurbishing of my house.

Frustration of not finding writing inspiration peaked last November as I resumed the launching of Susu-prod website. I was just so craving for action but instead of a sudden burst of creativity, I compulsively started throwing things away from my place. I just realized that the old stuff I have been storing for a decade, was literally making me sick, especially since I hadn't been traveling outside my area that much and therefore been exposed to it on a regular basis. And what I mean by "old stuff" isn't just the dress I never wore but clung onto, but the past thoughts, emotions or actions that were held there like dust imprinted on the walls, floors and furniture...

(to be continued)

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