Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Emotional Drain
This is my first really creative class I have taken during college and I have to say I am drained. Today I was relieved I could sit and listen and just be. I have found that this class makes you shut down my mind to the point when I turn it back on I need to figure out a way to collect myself and my feelings in a net. It's like trying to repack something though, it never seems to fit in the original package. It's an uncomfortable feeling to say the least.
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There have been several times where I've felt a very similar way in class to what you described, but the repackaging process for me always comes much later. Sometimes even the next day.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the process is draining for me as well, I find it to benefit me in the long run; although its tiring it kind of forces me to eventually organize all of these stray ideas and emotions in my mind onto paper, which eventually becomes even more pieces that I produce.
And I ultimately think that's the point, unlike most other classes, there's a sort of emotional weight that goes along with a poetry class, or any creative writing class in general. It just comes down to if you use that weight in a positive way in the end.