https://webbish6.com/the-urge-to-protect-and-post-election-insomnia-looking-for-the-magic-and-guarding-your-mind-time/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://webbish6.com/the-urge-to-protect-and-post-election-insomnia-looking-for-the-magic-and-guarding-your-mind-time/#comment-12169 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 04:35:29 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7180#comment-12169 […] When you’re a writer, and if you feel your writing in important, it is essential to guard your writing time. For me, it’s after everyone is asleep – when the inner editor is quieter (editors often go to sleep at 10 PM, I think) and my mind is freer to make connections. I’ve been writing poems outside of any planned “book project” – letting myself write whatever it wants, from flash fiction involving time travel to poems about Game of Thrones. It’s clear from the insomnia and nightmares that I’m sensitive to what’s going on in the world, not to mention the stress of trying to get all my medical tests and appointments in before the end of the year, when my deductible flips over and I have to start paying out of pocket again. Emily Dickinson is my symbol of the poet isolated from the world, and yet, had a tremendous life of the mind in her rooms and gardens. She really allowed herself time to write and even more, time to notice things. Instead of allowing our minds and attention to be constantly drawn to the latest scandal and tragedy (and there are plenty of those), scanning instead of truly paying attnetion, how do we hold ourselves steady? Meditation, prayer, reading and writing, and if possible (which it isn’t always, in winter) spending time out in nature. If you have other answers to this modern dilemma, let me know. How do we put into practice embracing the things that are truly important to us? Jeannine Hall Gailey, The Urge to Protect and Post-Election Insomnia, Looking for the Magic, and Guarding Your Mind/Time […]

]]> https://webbish6.com/the-urge-to-protect-and-post-election-insomnia-looking-for-the-magic-and-guarding-your-mind-time/#comment-12157 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:54:49 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7180#comment-12157 Wow! Your dream life is so fertile. And your blog is a wonderful blend of your life experiences with nature and current events. Thank you, Jeannine. Even in pain you manage to aim us toward beauty.

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