Post by lokidreaming on Mar 13, 2012 13:39:47 GMT -6
THE CREATIVE PROCESS HAS TURNED INTO A MONSTER THAT WANTS TO DEVOUR ME
You have all seen films where the book takes on a life of its own
I vouch to you this is all true as It has taken a life of its own
Turned into a monster and is trying to devour me
You think this is funny?
I assure you it is not
Other creative souls in the know will agree with me
As their own creations have turned into a monster and tried to devour them
IT is not very well behaved
You know what you want to write down
However
IT likes to hide in the deep recesses of your mind until you feed it the right silky words
IT changes your words as you are writing them down
IT intrudes and takes over your mind and thought process at the most inappropriate times
Turning you into a mindless zombie, that is only good for going through the motions of life
IT enjoys overriding your style, pacing, structure and direction of your creation
Even though you have already formulated it out yourself
IT can be a losing battle at times wrestling control from It
However, sometimes you succumb to It
As you are enjoying the ride and what is being created
Then you stare back at your creation and at times you stare blankly at these words
Muse over whether these are your words you have created a
As it sounds like you, but are not you at the same time
The creative process does not let you sleep as IT feeds you new ideas and chapters to start
You succumb to IT
In the hopes you can have a few hours sleep
I fear I am going to go mad from sleep deprivation
I fear I will end up medicating myself on coffee to stay awake
I fear I will end up medicating myself to go to sleep
I fear I will end up like one of Stephen King’s characters
Yet the monster that is my creative process keeps on feeding me these addictive drugs of silky sweet words
I fear this monster will devour me after I have finished creating Its masterpiece
Unless I find a way to harness this monster and make It heel
I take comfort in knowing that I can make peace with this monster
Before it devours me
I vouch to you this is all true as It has taken a life of its own
Turned into a monster and is trying to devour me
You think this is funny?
I assure you it is not
Other creative souls in the know will agree with me
As their own creations have turned into a monster and tried to devour them
IT is not very well behaved
You know what you want to write down
However
IT likes to hide in the deep recesses of your mind until you feed it the right silky words
IT changes your words as you are writing them down
IT intrudes and takes over your mind and thought process at the most inappropriate times
Turning you into a mindless zombie, that is only good for going through the motions of life
IT enjoys overriding your style, pacing, structure and direction of your creation
Even though you have already formulated it out yourself
IT can be a losing battle at times wrestling control from It
However, sometimes you succumb to It
As you are enjoying the ride and what is being created
Then you stare back at your creation and at times you stare blankly at these words
Muse over whether these are your words you have created a
As it sounds like you, but are not you at the same time
The creative process does not let you sleep as IT feeds you new ideas and chapters to start
You succumb to IT
In the hopes you can have a few hours sleep
I fear I am going to go mad from sleep deprivation
I fear I will end up medicating myself on coffee to stay awake
I fear I will end up medicating myself to go to sleep
I fear I will end up like one of Stephen King’s characters
Yet the monster that is my creative process keeps on feeding me these addictive drugs of silky sweet words
I fear this monster will devour me after I have finished creating Its masterpiece
Unless I find a way to harness this monster and make It heel
I take comfort in knowing that I can make peace with this monster
Before it devours me
Loki Dreaming Copyright March 2012