When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. Things will happen to us so that we don't know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.
- D.H. Lawrence
Travel adventures stimulate a trip into discovery about the self. A mountain path entices with turns to arouse wonder. The way provides challenges of rocks and ruts. A traveler uses all the senses and never forgets to look up beyond leaves and branches.
A voyage into international paths awakens an awareness of the joys and challenges individuals encounter. The journey brings us into connection with different personalities to understand our similarities and perceptions.
At times, we become set in our ways and dwell in automatic when our purpose, as Eleanor Roosevelt said, is "to taste experience to the utmost."
Including a Write Life during a travel adventure energizes experience, wonder and astonishment. Travel in writing breaks outmoded ways of thinking.
Ways to Travel into the Write life:
Write into what you search for. Ask what mystifies and thrills about a new location. Let your fingers escort you with a pen or computer keys.
Discover your true self. Delve into the discomfort caused by boredom and boundaries.
Express the textures of language and delights of food.
Wander into the wilderness of adventure to connect with your Write Life. Vary your speed and distance covered without a focus on the destination.
Write to escape and let the "unlying life" rush in.
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