LJ Idol Presents:

I haven't really done much writing lately either, partly because of the weather (I hate being inside when it's so nice outside), and partly because I tend to get too caught up in my own head for my own good. I stopped writing longer pieces years ago for that very reason.

t's why so many artists and writers teeter on the edge of depression and substance abuse, I think. You pour yourself in - the happy bits, sure, but the dark bits, the angry bits, the sad and lonely and frightened bits. You strip yourself naked in front of people and get vulnerable.

I've teetered on that brink many times in my life. For years prior to LJ I didn't write one single word because I didn't want to visit those places. Yet, those places are what move me, what inspire me. I know a balance between both must exist, but I have yet to discover it.