Inspired by my in-laws who turned retirement into a season of creativity, I took up water color painting and sketching. As an adolescent I often penciled drawings of various pictures or wrote rhyming threads expressing feelings I had difficulty sharing. I was a duck out of water with a limp, but it lit a creative ember. I somehow pivoted to writing my autobiography which evolved into a memoir three years later, and I haven’t looked back. One action led to another like in Laura Numeroff’s children’s book, ‘If You Give a Moose and Muffin’.
Curiosity satisfies an often underused mental superpower; being thoughtfully present, an attentive listener, inquisitive, and wanting to be interested in this life. We are surrounded with possibilities. Being curious can rescue a person from their inner emotional cocoon to becoming a metaphorical butterfly, free to flutter this way and that unapologetically smelling the flowers; a symbol transcending one’s self, freedom to think, and being intrigued with the world and people in it.
Since 2018 when I first began sorting my thoughts, I have finished my memoir’s final draft along with four other unpublished books, a fiction piece that frustrates me to no end, including several poems and lyrics. In this space I will unfold the evolution and outline of each, and of future writings when filed in my writing portfolio.
‘Man Up & Move On’ is the original title of my autobiographical front page. The curious joyful, painful, and adventurous contemplations of my past is where my trek begins with fingers and keyboard. I don’t regret any of it!
I hope you enjoy my curious writing adventures with its twists and turns. If you would like, feel free to share your journey, comments, or questions.
Take care, my friend 👍.
