Can't Get It Out of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra
Writing or scrawling notes helps to clear my mind. It helps to get all those conversations and sometimes random thoughts out of my head. It finds a home for those lines that just don't fit into the daily discussions. It would be wonderful if my brain worked like a computer so I could catalogue all these thoughts and just call on them quickly at the perfect time in true conversation. I'd be such a witty person - at least in my mind. But that's not me and quite frankly I can't imagine the horror of having to catalogue all my thoughts I guess that's called 'tagging' in today's world but I'm still in the old world when it comes to some technology.
So when I write things down - whether I publish them or not, it frees up a little more space in my mind for other thoughts or sometimes just no thoughts which gives me breathing space. It's a bit of a release and very often it allows me to sleep at night. Many of these bits of prose come to the surface of my mind in the middle of the night. It's like they wait until After Midnight to let it all hang out (After Midnight - Eric Clapton). I guess that's when it's quiet and the distractions are fewer and those odd little bits seem more comfortable exposing themselves. Although it can keep me up at night now and then, I still love those times. It's like having a little visit with the part of me that often feels hidden and buried. It's a part of me that is only mine until I write it down. Once it is written down, it's ready to be off on it's own - set free and out in the world. And finally, out of my head.
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