Reading The Artist's Way

I've been trying two types of spiritual therapy. Reading "The Artist's Way" has been a healing experience. Especially because the writer hits the nail on the head about the pains of writing comparing it to a crucifixion. I feel the same way, in fact, just the thought of it makes me wonder what King did when he got drunk and on drugs all those years ago. Makes me wonder if writing isn't as fun as it should be. The author talks about how she had to give up drinking to get better and the two seem to go hand in hand. So, reading someone who empathizes with the pain of writing makes it easy to open up about your own pain. 

The same can be said for the second type of therapy: the Psalms. I heard from a pastor that he reads several psalms until he finds one that, and this is my word, jives with him. I haven't tried it yet but I might need to, especially today. I'm feeling low and tired and I need to go to work in half an hour. I don't want to but I have to. I need that money to pay for my gaming habit. I guess I'll listen to Psalms on the way to work, maybe that will help me get out of this funk. 

There's a third form that I just thought of, listening to History. Nothing inspires me like listening to history. It's like good food for your brain. I know people who despise history and see it as pointless, I don't envy those people. I use a lot of short history videos as the basis for some of my stories in RTF. The KIY is more based in "reality" or it would be better to say the present time rather than a fully fictional world. 

Speaking of Lovecraft, I'm playing a new game where the player takes command of space ships and war machines to stop the Eldritch horrors trying to reach Earth. The rest of the game remains a mystery to me as I've barely played it. Maybe I'll play some before going to work.

I knew this was going to be a short one but at least I got a few paragraphs in without having to worry about the length of it. Maybe I'll have something to write about when I get back from work.

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