Anne Lamott writes (p. xxxi) in Bird by Bird, "But I also tell them that sometimes when my writer friends are working, they feel better and more alive than they do at any other time. And sometimes when they are writing well, they feel that they are living up to something. It is as if the right words, the true words, are already inside them, and they just want to help get them out. Writing this way is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it. I want the people who come to my classes to have this feeling, too."
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Funny how milking cows and finding good morning light both require waking before dawn... :)
Whether we discipline ourselves to wake up early or stay late into the day, it's about showing up. Being there. Doing it.
I like how Lamott says writing, like our photography, gives us an excuse for doing things.
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