Creating adventure. I want to be one of those people that embrace adventures – right to the point of pursuing them relentlessly. I think having adventure can help my writing process even as it helps me to live a little.
Sometimes I am extremely disappointed with myself. I am a typical hermit. I love being home. I love sitting on the couch and watching a good show. I love reading a good book and just chilling. Writing and the hermit are a match made in heaven. But I also feel like the hermit is missing out on things — not sure what but I just feel like there is a whole world out there and the hermit is not there.
I wasn’t always the hermit, you know and there’s a part of me that used to enjoy finding new things to do. I believe adventure fuels imagination — and imagination crafts good stories. Writing and adventure could be a match made in heaven as well.
So I think as I craft a new collectible hobby, I will also write the new adventures I want to take on. I want to scuba dive. Maybe do a zip line. I want to take Pooch to the beach. I want to see if skydiving is compatible with the hermit. I want to do a hot air balloon ride. I want to go abroad with Pooch to a dog friendly country. I want to paint on canvas in an artists’ commune. Maybe learn how to ride a motorcycle. I want to ride at ATV across some sand dunes. Camp in the wild. I want to bathe in a river. Ohhh skinny dip in some warm, natural swimming pool. I want to get lost in a corn maze at Halloween. Prayerfully walk a labyrinth. Maybe read some badly written poetry on an open mic night. I want to join some random music band’s jam session. And bring along my dog to make people both uncomfortable and happy. I would love to be a storyteller — finally do the performance I have crafted. Buy an old gramophone, play some records in the night, listen to this music, and drink champagne while seated on a blanket. I want to write for four, five, six days at a time… really give myself over to this process of writing and writing and writing.
And… I could go on and on… I want to create adventure and then write about it. I want to live.