{"id":26,"date":"2020-11-16T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lkweir.com\/VivianHeather\/?p=26"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:28:31","slug":"the-art-of-sitting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecornerlotauthors.com\/VivianHeather\/the-art-of-sitting-down\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Sitting Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Vivian Heather<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is 7am , I pour tea into myself and smash out half a dozen scrabble words for the 10 games I\u2019m playing with a pal. She\u2019s 1000 km away but part of my morning ritual. To the right of me is a list, also part of the ritual. It a long busy one, decorated with words like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Topsoil<\/li>
  • Cement<\/li>
  • Power Wash<\/li>
  • Dig<\/li>
  • Locate<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

     There are more verbs than nouns and that is how I like my day, my life too when I pause to think about it. What is not on the paper is any notion of writing. No admonition to \u2018complete 4000 words\u2019 or \u2018spend the day editing\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Those are for a different list, right under \u2018saw off own head and place on pike\u2019.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    No one has ever paid me to sit in front of a computer or a desk or just sit for any reason that I recall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is a problem. The list must be completed before my neurons are permitted to release writerly thoughts through my calloused fingers and onto the page. My body requires a nebulous level of energy to be expended before allowing my butt to stay seated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Get the equation wrong and I\u2019m up and down all day like the target in a Wack-a-Mole game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The consistent battle between brain and biomechanics often leaves the former bulging with plot , dialogue and over -arching themes. Eventually some sort of coup takes place and I\u2019m forced  to the couch. Large note pad on lap, foot bouncing I purge myself onto paper. Empty once again, the body seizes it\u2019s opportunity to paint the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Talented authors urge newbies like myself to \u2018 sit down and work at the key board as though it is a job!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bile rises in my throat at the thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Surely I\u2019m not alone in my torture, with a head full of story and body unable to perfect the art of sitting? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Perhaps I\u2019ll try Poetry\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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