You might have heard of our book and wondered about the title. "It's about breathing?" "How can you draw wind - it's invisible!" Hehehe...well, I'm glad you asked.
Earlier this week, my friend Skyler and I published our first book together, The Drawing in of Breath! It was quite a wonderful experience.
Um. Maybe we freaked out.
Wow, though, this whole process has been great and fun and long and so worth it! We're really excited to share this one with you.
Earlier this week, my friend Skyler and I published our first book together, The Drawing in of Breath! It was quite a wonderful experience.
Um. Maybe we freaked out.
Wow, though, this whole process has been great and fun and long and so worth it! We're really excited to share this one with you.
This book is largely about inspiration. Most of the poetry and stories contained aren't about it, but the book itself is centered around the idea.
How many times have you sat and wished for inspiration?
Skyler wrote a blurb for the book: "Breathing. A constant among the living. Inspiration. A craving of humanity. We take these concepts and pour ourselves into them. Breathing in our uncertainties and our insecurities. Exhaling words of promise and assurance. We live in these words. Throughout this book you will find humor and sadness. Security and salvation. Apathy and sympathy. You'll find our hearts and souls spilled onto this paper. We hope that someone will be inspired."
The Drawing in of Breath is about inspiring others, and it is also about our own inspiration. Life. Love. Belief. Questions.
What inspires you?
For a long time, I thought inspiration was something that came in bursts, and sometimes not at all. It was a spark that ignited my creativity and motivation, something that drove me to stay up late into the night, that made me grip my pen until I couldn't let it go.
But more often, it was absent. Elusive. I'd sit in its not-presence and wait. It's hard to write without inspiration. It's hard to make art, or live life, or laugh, without something to inspire it.
And then I read a blog post by the wonderful Emily Tjaden, who showed me the definition of inspiration.
Google it.
The second entry is literally: "the drawing in of breath; inhalation." What does this mean? It means that inspiration isn't as fleeting as we often think.
Inspiration, to the human soul...is as natural as breathing.
It is constantly there with us, the fiber of life, throughout our day. Inspiration can come in different ways - we may not always feel that wonderful spark - but there is always something to keep us going.
This life is so vibrant. So breathe! Draw in a breath and hold tight to the knowledge that you are and will always be "inspired". Put the pen to paper, open your mouth, take the book off the shelf - whatever you do to create - and start. Don't wait for inspiration. It is already here.
You can order The Drawing in of Breath for $9.99 here on Amazon:
Alternatively, if you live in the Kansas City area, let me know you want one, and I'll hand-deliver it next time I see you, signed and all!
Have an inspired week, everyone! :)
Do you ever feel like you're without inspiration? What inspires you?
Sounds like a lovely book, will have to remember it next time I do an order.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds cool! I don't purchase many poetry books, but I may have to make an exception with this one. Congrats!
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