Constanly Under Pressure

So i was chatting to a friend of mine, actually he is more than just a friend he is a colleague and mentor. He is the person who introduced me to blogging, check out his blog at http://infinitepersuit.blogspot.com

Well what we were talking about (and this comes up regularly) is writing; how to get yourself to write, keeping the momentum and sustaining it for as long a period as possible until it happens of its own accord (that is one of the reasons why i decided to start blogging). i have discovered something about my writing, i write better when i am under pressure to do so, like in a writing workshop, or on a deadline to submit a poem for a script, and now for Blogging (i hope).

i have often heard and read that writers are a very curious bunch with all sorts of weird superstitions, like only writing with a specific pen/pencil, writing on only yellow paper or in a perforated edged double hole punched notebook, or only being able to write anything when they are sitting in front of the PC typing it instead of writing.

For me pressure seems to be the trick instead of routine. i hope that you will bear with me as i learn about blogging and writing and myself.

i must admit that i am a very private, but this is something i wish to change because i have realised that we use it to hide from the world and not deal with people and issues.


Boiling Point

i have reached the point of no return,
My insides start to bubble over
and over i have been driven to this point
for family
for friends
for society
for love
for fear
for protection
for the boss
for my art
for the team
for sanity
for insanity

At these time in my life i feel like a kettle,
constantly under pressure to produce,
being watched closely and in anticipation.

The pressure
Oh the pressure...

Writing in is my pressure release valve.

copywrite (c) Ayob Vania
11h20, Wednesday, 17th November 2005

That is about all i can manage for right now.