Around the Writer’s Block

Why is it so much easier to write something interesting when I’m depressed or angry than when I’m loving life? I guess it’s just easier to embrace life without trying to rationalize it when said life is going seemingly well. Or maybe emotions and circumstance have nothing to do with our creative inspiration.

No, that’s not it. It’s that blissful emotions are more weightless and fleeting than the intense feelings that accompany sadness and indifference. We don’t see the need to dwell on our happiness, and for good reason. We’re so busy living the good life that we don’t have time to reflect on or write about it. It’s not that we’re lacking inspiration; it’s that we are heavy in the ecstasy department and the euphoria distracts us.

What I still have to learn as a writer is how to continuously stay in the moment while bringing that ecstasy to the page. Until then, bring on the melancholy.