I Went to Starbucks for the first time in months to write. I went back to an exercise suggested in Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. She talked about a 3-minute exercise where you write about anything, the things around you for three-minutes and then you move on to the next and keep going. I thought I would share some of the 3-minute gems. I bet you won’t necessarily call them gems. Really, a gem is more about the art of trying, that is what I always say…
A Starbuck’s Highchair
Sleek, wooden, artistic, creative, European
Containment, equalizer
It is so different, and yet like every other
My Cell Phone
I hate the lack of independence, autonomy
I like my whereabouts unknown
Is there not sanity in serenity?
What is sanity? What is serenity?
Sanity is not being attached to this “cosmic leash” of everyone who knows me!
Today I Did It, For Real
Today I did the unthinkable
As if I wasn’t there – it wasn’t me
For weeks…months the plaguing torture of my own carelessness was real,
Real in my mind, but not reality
…Never lost, only in my condemnation.
Today, though, reality was perhaps attracted…
I threw my card case away.
(For six weeks I thought I threw my keys away at Starbucks because they were lost)
Beauty is All Around
Colors, symbols, emblems, logos
I love creativity
There is beauty in marketing
Integrative Thought 