Writing.

There is no such thing as good writing. There is only good rewriting. (Justice Louis Brandeis)

I remember the first poem I ever wrote. I was about seven years old, but the poem was about one lover leaving the other. As he left, she watered her flowers and reminisced. It's a nostalgic, bittersweet poem. I remember I wrote it on a napkin while on a social visit with my grandmother. The lady we were visiting was a writer in her own right and she and my grandmother collaborated a few time on pieces for the Polish newspaper. The moment I showed them and they read it, my grandmother's friend rushed upstairs, took out her typewriter and immediately transcribed it, just as it was. I found the transcribed typewritten page a few days ago, and I was almost violently taken back to those days. Transported, if you will. To that time of cherries, coffee, miniature dachshunds and the lilting speech of two old Polish friends. I could barely hold onto the present reality, the feeling was so strong.  

I write to discover what I think - Daniel Boorstin

The pleasure of revision often arises when you refine what you intend to say and even discover that you have more to say, a new solution , a different path, a better presentation. - Christopher M. Anzidei

There are some things I feel I'm better at than others. I'm better at long-distance than I am at sprinting - although if I put my mind to it, I could probably do it. I'm better at languages than I am at math; it's really just a question of length of time - math easily frustrates me while languages fascinate me. And I'm better at writing poetry than I am at prose; even though it's really just a question of formatting and the manner in which I say-write the things I want to express.

Now I just need to find the spark to ignite the fire. I am passionate but I wish I could show off my passions more through actions than through words.