First Love

No, not that story… though I did marry my first love.

What about the earliest love, or passion, in life? For me, it was the transcendent power of dance, beginning at age four. It was a natural pursuit to train in dance as a performing and healing art.

Enter puberty, and that’s when I picked up pen and journal to figure out how to put feelings into words. Sometimes, scattered things on a page. Sometimes, poetry taking shape. College would have to offer both dance and writing majors to help me sort out the future.

The best advice I got in creative writing class was from none other than Alice Walker. She told us, sternly and strongly, to be authentic with our writing. Know what your voice is. Dig deep, don’t make it up or borrow it.

So, I ask the question, “who am I?” That question is spiritual, it’s human, it’s transient, it’s fundamental. It’s identity and beyond identity. Every day a new expression… how do you move through the world, through your day? What are you saying, shaping, making? Let’s celebrate our inborn creative nature.