I meet with a writing partner every other Friday. We share what we will be working on for the day, and then we sit together for an hour and work on our respective pieces. Today I told my partner that I wanted to write a blog post I could complete and publish today. My main practice in writing right now is getting comfortable sharing again, so posting regularly and being OK with what I post is my main goal at the moment.
My laptop wasn’t working right at the coffee shop, so I closed it and opened my journal. I decided I would write and draw about my martial arts practice, specifically, the pieces I am working on right now. When I finished the drawing/writing above, I told my partner that my martial arts practice feels invisible sometimes, except to the few other people I train with.
Sharing this little piece makes my practice start to exist in the bigger universe, rather than just in the few tiny universes in and around me.
Michelle Folk Johnson 