Where to find peace these days? Writing at least can create consolation ...

Peace can be found in writing, and that peace or consolation is a world away from a relentless stream of media that is channelled into our daily lives.

It takes sacrifice. Like a guru in search of enlightenment, the writer must embark on an arduous journey, on the ship of imagination, to discover new worlds that lie hidden deep within the mind.

For writers of fiction, that ship’s crew, passengers and stowaways are characters conjured up from the fantasies of the navigator who explore their innermost turmoil and desires in their quest for transformation. Then they're recorded in a journal.

Biographers and historians, on the other hand, find themselves on a quest to expose the core of the human condition that lies at the heart of their chosen subjects. Whereas auto-biographers may either seek to communicate or to obfuscate the truth about themselves.

So, is there peace to be found in writing?

At the helm of the ship of imagination with the sails unfurled, when, in the tumult of oceans, the story is revealed, some writers may experience peace, even enlightenment.

But for me, it's always simply a thrill. Rob Carrick

Copyright: text Rob Carrick, author of Cloudless Love; photos: ssoa.com.au & Wix.

Rob's novel is available on Amazon Books or simply click on this cover to buy from Angus & Robertson Bookworld or Booktopia AU.

Posts on this SSOA blog are published to showcase the work of emerging writers who meet weekly to workshop stories. The posts comprise some of the responses written in just 10 minutes as a warm up to the meetings.

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