Pouring my thoughts from my mind to the paper
A different kind of post for the hand written community. I think it's good to post something different from time to time, but always related to hand writing things.
So here's mine.
I never stopped in my life to write things down on paper, with pens and pencils.
Sure I have my notes on the phone, that's perfect when I need to write down something quickly or when I'm going around somewhere. Also to be sure that I won't lose it (like paper sheets and notes. I always throw them somewhere and then forget where I put them 🙃).
So when do I decide to write on paper? When my mind is a mess, full of thoughts going around and getting tangled up. When I understand that it's hard to concentrate on one thing because all the others are interfering, I know it's time to sit down in front of any piece of paper I can reach out nearby and open the flow of thoughts from brain to ink.
I feel better immediately. I found out that having many things flying around my mind at the same time get me frustrated, annoyed and anxious. Feeling your mind clear and empty is a real thing. I really feel the burden leaving my head.
It's a sort of little psychologic auto-therapy for me. Then I read my thoughts on paper and now I know what to do. In order. I can give priorities. I can choose what to do today and what tomorrow. I can set deadlines.
Also writing lyrics on paper is still my preferred way. I usually put my headphones on, listen to some music that provides me the mood I want to replicate with my song. Almost every time I just catch one word or sentence and that's my starting point to write the whole lyrics. Sometimes it takes me just 10-20 minutes to write a full song lyrics. And that boosts my confidence so much every time.
And you? Why do you hand write? Do you do it for pleasure or for some necessity? How's different from writing on a screen?
Sure you can comment here, but I invite you to join the community and write your own post about it. Tag me if you want, I'm interested in reading your experience!
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I love reading hand written lyrics. I know they are usually "secrets" and commercial in confidence before being turned into a song (even if they're commercially valuable only to the self) - but I guess that makes them a poem before they are song.
I have been diving deeply into Florence Welch, and her book, "Useless Magic" has a whole bunch of collage, mixed media, scribbles, photographs, and hand written, original versions of songs and poetry. It is fascinating to see that come to life in a book, collated after the stream of consciousness.
That, and she has so many song lyrics that almost break the fourth wall of song writing (there's an idea for a post!)
Excerpt from The Bomb by Florence and the Machine:
From My Love:
And finally, from The End of Love:
Despite the fact that everything fascinates me, song lyrics in their hand written form fascinate me a LOT, because you can really see the thought pattern throughout each stroke of pen against paper, or pencil against whatever surface.
When I go to my writer's group today, I think I will challenge myself to write a poem in the allocated time instead of a short story. I haven't written poetry in a very long time, will be good to see if I can formulate something. I'll report back later, probably extending this comment into a post. :P
That's so interesting! But those are real published songs or just poems she wrote and kept on paper? (I don't know much about Florence and the machines 😅)
btw I could post some of my new lyrics for sure. I'm writing songs for a new darkwave project I'm setting up. It talks about romance, death, ghosts, nights, full moon and the breathtaking beauty of pale skin women under the moonlight
Those I quoted were all songs.
BROTHER, I AM SO IN.
I love Poe and Wilde, they are so "traditionally goth" and talk about those themes all the time :)
I'll probably create another account here for that project alone. Still have to choose the name though. And it will be something different at the same time. Just a little spoiler, it's me and a girl singer, all dressed in total white
Here is some inspiration for you, then:
From our Australian musical archives.
Update, I failed the poem, I wrote a story about a murder suicide instead... lol
Anche per me la scrittura manuale ha un valore. Mi riesce naturale in certe situazioni. Molto interessante come descrivi la scrittura a mano come una sorta di auto terapia. Credo che tu abbia ragione… liberare i pensieri su carta dà la sensazione di svuotare la mente e riordinare le priorità. Credo che la scrittura a mano di un testo musicale, per noi di una certa età, liberi l’ispirazione !PIMP