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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZW link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Angela,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It is so nice to see your post today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>And, such a good topic for us all to consider. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I think that the amount of time we spend writing depends on the intentions as we have – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>what do we want to accomplish? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Where do we want to go in our writing life? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What are we thinking about in regards to our work?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>What do we want our product to look like, or be?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Yes,, it is W O R K. It is our work. It’s what we do. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Writing and making art are, for me, an avocation and a passion – I work at what I do every day, and often well into the nights – it is my normal way of life. The work is on my mind all the time. If I am not working, I am thinking of working.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Time does not exist when I am working. I enter that place of timelessness, where we dwell most of the time as creative people. I learned many years ago that “When the muse arrives you’d better be standing at your easel.” A quote by Glen Brunken, painter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Barbara, your Bible study sounds fantastic. I love the title of it and I know your poem will reflect what you are learning or studying in the course. And, it is so interesting that your topic is about “colour,” which means something unique and different for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve been working on developing my Mission Statement in the past couple of months. I’ve also been working on my end-of-the-year introspective reflections as I do each year near the end of December. Along with that, I have been choosing only One Word that will be my Word for the entire year – and this sets my intentions for the year. This will be year 6 for this practice and the results are stunning. On January 1 of the past 5 years, I had the word come into my thoughts and knew it was the One Word for the year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I love hearing about what others are doing in their work, so please join in the conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I posted my end-of-the-year reflections and search for my Mission Statement on my blog today at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="http://www.lyndalambert.com">www.lyndalambert.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sending you all my best regards for a productive and challenging New Year in your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Stylist <stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barbara HAMMEL via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 29, 2019 1:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8@msn.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] writing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br>For some it does work to set aside time for writing each day. For others, it may be that they can only write when their muse visits — so to speak. For me, I get an idea and then I worry it and ponder it until I can finally begin writing. This time I'm trying the technique of writing lines or ideas. I'm doing a mini Bible study that is entitled "Broken Crayons Still Color", and, of course, for those of you who know me, that struck me as an awesome title, or line, or both. So I'm trying to run with it. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Barbara Hammel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'>On Dec 29, 2019, at 08:27, angela.mperone--- via Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'>Hello All A Man gave me a suggestion for writing. He said write for 1 hour a day, if you are a busy person. Angela Perone </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>_______________________________________________<br>Writers Division web site<br><a href="http://writers.nfb.org/">http://writers.nfb.org/</a><br>Stylist mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Stylist@nfbnet.org">Stylist@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/poetlori8%40msn.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>