Using meditation to prepare to write:

Watch this short guided meditation video to get ready to write!

Vipassana Meditation courses are FREE and there are centres around the world.
For more info check here https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

Now let’s write!

A prompt is just a jumping off spot, something to get you started writing.  Don’t worry if you stray from it or even ignore it.  There is no wrong way to do this.
Today’s Prompt:  Where are you from?

Think of all the things that you remember from your childhood.  Here’s some thoughts to get to started.  Set a timer and write for 10 minutes without stopping.  Start with “I’m from…”  If you get stuck just rewrite “I’m from…” and keep going!
This quote is from a wonderful poem by George Ella Lyon entitled:

Where I’m From

I am from clothespins,
from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride.
I am frm the dirt under the back porch.
(Black, glistening
it tasted like beets.)
I am from the forsythia bush,
the Dutch elm
whose long gone limbs I remember
as if they were my own.

(You can read the entire poem here: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/professional_development/workshops/writing/george_ella_lyon.pdf

Once you’ve written for ten minutes in longhand, type it up and send it to me via email at carol.tealart@gmail.com.  I promise to read what you’ve written and give you a bit of feedback about what was strong or memorable in your writing.
Keep your pen moving,
Carol