Survival is the first instinct.A Story by Roxanne Aponte
Why are writers one of the most likely types to be eaten up by their
emotions from the inside out? Or perhaps artists in general, or should I say creators, expression-ists, those who must expel or transform. Why are they the most likely to commit suicide? They have so much to offer. I am not necessarily talking about myself, but those whom I admire. I wish they could be content in that, but perhaps it's their discontentment which really makes them feel most alive and gives them purpose and a subject to focus on. Something to convert and transfer to be seen with the naked eye. It's what they live for, until their art fails them by emotions that lose their novelty as they rest in a familiar grave. Until their pain becomes dull, still there but rubbed by the conscious till it bleeds and declines. The mind has become so full it empties itself. © 2010 Roxanne Aponte |
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1 Review Added on June 10, 2010 Last Updated on June 10, 2010 AuthorRoxanne AponteBrooklyn, NYAboutI've been writing since I was a child: stories, poetry, much of it personal as I've been an avid journal writer for many years. I write mainly for the cathartic release. My love of words is a passion .. more..Writing
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