So as part of my project, i made a trip to meet different writers. I met writers who have been doing this for over twenty years and some who are just starting out. I met those who do it as a hobby and students who are considering enrolling on writing course, but i never forgot to ask the moderator, Lynn Davies, who has written for over twenty years why he chooses not to stay in Birmingham but rather the country side. His response, i like to come to the city but my feeling is some of us writers may sometimes be called unsocial beings because we choose to be far away from everybody else.
In this modern days it is easy to have your music on and perhaps some glass of wine whilst being creative but i learnt something yesterday. The purity of great works like Shakespeare still leaves us in awe of their creative power without all the modern enhancements of laptops, music and chilled drinks.
I have often found out that sometimes the creative thoughts could happen to me whilst i am in the shower, even though it means i usually will stay under the shower much longer to bask in the purity of ideas, i am also mindful that by the time i have gotten myself ready to sit behind a laptop some of the ideas my ideas may have dissapeared. Perhaps one day they may have voice recorders that can work under water and i am pretty sure that i would be among the first to be in the queue to buy it. Other times the inspiration comes from talking to someone and me knowing that i am writing something in my head. The space of getting to a laptop for me can always be the timing where the greatest lose comes. You never know, if there were roses near my home, i may only have to keep the sweet smells of a flower in my head or even behold its beauty in my eyes long enough to have myself by a PC. I am uploading a picture of Shakespeare’s house in Stratford upon Avon which interesting has some flowers. I sure will love to ask him if some of the greatest works were inspired by his surrounding. But after speaking to some of the writers, it became apparent to me that it is always not a black and white with everybody. They always are grey areas. Inspiration may come to us all in many ways. I guess i may have to try Karen’s way and see.