It's Sunday. An objectively good day in my eyes. Sunday's are community, connection, good food, good fashion and spending time. Sunday's are reset and rest. They are joy even when they aren't. Sometimes Sunday's don't even feel like a real day of the week. They just feel like a collection of sensations. Sunday's are sacred in a lot of ways. For me Sunday's are a moment to reconnect my mind with self. I like Sundays. We need more of them. Or, maybe, we just need to guard/value/cherish the Sunday's that we have. Maybe for you Sunday isn't a day or a time, its a group of people. Maybe Sunday is an activity. Maybe Sunday is just a chance to rest. Whatever it is, we should guard it. Sunday's are precious in a fast moving society. Squeeze every bit out of your Sunday. Writing is my Sunday. I think this is how singers feel when they sing or, how footballers feel when they play. It's perfect even when it isn't. Because I love writing I hate it when I get it wrong. Poor articulation, pointless musing, just plain bs - not what I want to write. I want to write beautiful, meaningful things. Art. I want these writings to be art. But we over-complicate it when we do that. Should I be focusing on how the words are received or the freedom of expression itself? Maybe I have something profound to say, maybe I don't. The only way we'll know is if I have the courage to write. I listened to Oprah and Lupita Nyong'o's Super Soul Sunday and they were discussing the idea of "putting into the world what without you wouldn't exist" - deep.
I thought about it. I figured it's not my words but the sound of my expression as I'm articulating whatever it is that I've got to say - that's what I have to put into the world. That's reason enough to write. So there's no need to get caught up in how it's received. You've just got to come out with it.
Some people are going to love what you have to put into the world, some people are not. That is secondary to the fact that we should put it out there anyway. Whether it's a talent, a skill or even just your personality and your perspective. Pour it out and leave it behind. Squeeze out as much of yourself as you can here and let it live after you.
I'll go first. I'll scribble down these musings and share because art and literature are for sharing and because I think it's a good use of my Sunday.
Recommended Listening: What You're Doing (Instrumental) - Moonchild
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