#11: Not your typical writer girl

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable'' ~ Mary Oliver

My Dearest,

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Onto this week’s newsletter, it’s been a very introspective week for me. I spent quite a bit of time going through old writings of mine; writings from 2017 from when I was in high school, writings from 2019 from when I just started university in London, writings from 2020 from amidst a pandemic… and I’ve realised that writing has been such an integral and constant part of my life. So this week I wanted to share with you, why I write.

Why I Write

Apart from the fact that writing brings me truck loads of joy, I write for a few intimate reasons that I want to share with you today :)

1) Permanence

For me, writing is the art of making something finite become infinite. As human beings our existence is finite, but our words live on, beyond you and me. So, while I don’t know about the permanence of people, I do know that every time I pen something down, I have already created one form of permanence.

2) A prayer

The reason that is closest to my heart - writing is my form of a prayer. It is my way of being grateful to the words that make my pen and page their home. It is my way of whispering to the universe ‘‘thank you for this flow of thoughts, for this flow of words”

On that note, I want to share with you a poem that I wrote:

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Learning to pray 

My Avva tells me prayer is an offering
she decorates the pooja room with flowers
and offers prasad; payasam with ghee roasted cashews today

My dad tells me prayer is a form of gratitude 
taking the time to thank your God;
he kneels and bows down, silently conversing with his God 

My Amma tells me prayer is surrendering yourself to the divine 
she meditates early every morning  
unaware that she smiles through the entire process 

Every pray-er has a unique form of prayer 

My heart tells me even 
peeling potatoes and 
planting poems on pages 
can be a prayer 

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3) Best Case scenarios & making space for the unimaginable

My third reason for why I write is because writing allows me to create and visualise best case scenarios. I love visualising best case scenarios - I visualise myself being limitless, redefining every definition that I have built for myself. I want to be a writer, an author, a finance girl, an entrepreneur, an educator, a leader, a not-your-typical-writer-girl. I want to be a limitless potential. I want to keep surprising myself and the world. And for me visualising through my writing is the first step to making this a reality.

Writing also allows me to make space for the unimaginable, it fosters within me the creative instinct to always believe that there is more, most and more.

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable'' ~ Mary Oliver

I truly believe that only when we create space for the unimaginable, do we create space for miracles to manifest in our lives. So in one way or the other, writing to me feels like a tool to invite miracles into my life.

Final Thoughts

Writing is my closest friend, the friend that reveals me to me in the most honest manner. I’ve shared with you why I write, I hope reading this encourages you to pick up a pen and a page (or a word document and a keyboard!), and start writing, I promise you it will reveal a new you to you. Write. Keep writing.

If you do get up to writing something, then I would love to read it. Share your words, your pages and experiences with me. Eagerly awaiting them <3

With warmth and wonder,

Vaishnavi (the not-your-typical-writer-girl girl)

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