Some Words Contemplative on
All Writing Contemplative
Introit
To write contemplative is to stick your neck out. The act rises full of risk. The art demands risk due to the matters at hand, matters of Deep Spirit and religious faith.
To write on religious matters is certainly risky and uncertain as to the outcome because people reading rarely check their deep faith, what they trust deeply, at the door. Readers tend to wear their religious faith on the shoulder, to the point of religiosity, sometimes. So religious matters tend to be tender to the touch, you might say, and while people want to grow in the spirit, they do not always appreciate being touched just there.
This means Writing Contemplative often means touching The Other As Reader elsewhere, other than at the seat of the soul, sneaking up on the other, and by surprise, but without being so sneaky as to come across as a snake. The writing ought not intimidate, or leave the reader feeling victimized. At times it's but a matter of repeating the words in interesting combinations, even contortions. So The Writer Contemplative can be said to be, if the occasion calls for it, a kind of contortionist of words.
Time and place of course can make all the difference. It's so important When the writing crosses the path of the reading self and Where that self happens to be by way of circumstance, context, and point of view. Yet all that's uncertain, out of the control of the writer, beyond a certain point quite unpredictable. The act itself requires total trust in the process and the utter acceptance Of The Reader, By The Reader, For the Reader. Of course, acceptance need not mean, and often does not mean, agreement. (Follow the gold bars to what's next.)
