A Stirred Heart

My heart is stirred tonight. I was exactly in the right place I was meant to be. I watched and enjoyed the movie Once.. full of beautiful music..I felt chills down my spine...sweet, tenderness.. Thanks Glen and Marketa. When the movie was over in the Evanston Theater nobody moved and people clapped. The movie filled my heart and eased me. It felt like a warm blanket on a rainy day with my sweetheart.....

A New Day

It is a new day. A Wednesday to be more correct. The sun is shining. The birds are shirping outside my window. I sound polly annaish. I feel a little rusty today writing. I took another pause from writing and I do feel it. I feel a little strain in my creative flow. I don't know much but I know blah blah...Just write. I sat down here this morning I am writing, that is part of the internal battle that can rage inside of every creative person. The battle between that voice that says you can and go for it and the other mean voice that says no way how dare you think you can write... Shut up you meany....greenbeany....The voice that says I can is winning if I am writing the word greenbeeny. Very silly.

My fingers are still moving. I don't really know what comes next...that is the great mystery..the the magic beans of the land of the imagination. I am thinking how many times have I used the word bean in this writing. Anyway... I am feeling more chippier.. not a real word..cause I think I made it up. I like making up words..you try it sometime.

peace

Soaring

Soaring into Happiness

Today, I am choosing to write about my journey of soaring into happiness. Getting happier is a good goal. It is a good choice for me. Writing is part of the path, therefore I will document how I am getting happier almost daily. I can't promise..if this is tooo regimented it will seem like a chore and may reduce happiness factor.

Today, I have much today. I am plotting out my course for soaring, but wil be open to surprises. I will trust the process. Thanks Margot and Paolo.

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Writing Home at Last

A three year olds mind can come up with many adventures. When I was three, with the help of my favorite preschool teacher, I wrote my first story about a mommy bird and a baby bird and that fateful day when it was time for the baby bird to fly solo. There was squawking from the baby bird, but once in flight she could find she could do it. She could fly and not hit the ground. Today, I feel some similar feelings about writing now at the lovely young age of 40. I wasn’t sure if I could write a novel, I felt a gentle push then a harder kick in the pants by my characters, Edward and Liz Levine, telling me they want to be in the world, outside of my head. (Even though my head is a cool place to hang.) I visualized these childhood sweethearts at a writer’s retreat ten years ago. Three years ago, I said to Ed and Liz and myself, I am going to try to write your story. I took weeks off from work and wrote everyday by the ocean. The writing just flowed out of me. (I have been a therapist for seventeen years and an oral historian for eight.) The character Liz is a therapist and world renowned for her knowledge of sex and relationships. I found that I put a lot of my thoughts and experiences about love and relationships into this book. It became an act of love to write and to finish a good draft. I am glad I could take that flight from the branch and soar as a writer. Thank you!

Happy Birthday Studs

You sat in a big comfy chair, listening to Mahaila Jackson from 50 years ago. She still sounds sweeter than ever. She lives on tape. You Studs will live in every person you touched. You touched my mind. I always tell people I am a therapist by day and Studs Terkel wannabe by night. I write interviews for a website in Rogers Park. I am proud of my 40+ interviews. They are getting better and better. I think something that really helps is really listneing. I listen to what people are saying also I try to hear what they may want to say but the tongue is twisitng on them.

People say "I know you are listening." I am proud of my abilities of hearing and capturing it on paper or video. Some gem, some kernel of truth of that person. I wind up liking and caring about all the people I interview. I may not always agree with all their opinions. I wonder if you feel the same way.

Happy Birthday Studs Terkel!!

With Regard and Affection
Eve Brownstone
Third Generation of Free Thinker and Compassionate Heart

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