Daily Nourishment for November 3, 2024: Getting Closer and Closer, Day by Day
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
“It was like a small ritual every day: like a prayer. When I was writing, it felt as if I was getting closer and closer, day by day, to a certain part inside us which cannot be destroyed, which cannot be or harmed.” - Han Kang
Pause.
Take three deep breaths with a six-count inhale and a six-count exhale. Then set a timer for two minutes and close your eyes and rest.
Prompt.
“Writing is a way of questioning for me. I don’t try to find an answer, but to complete the question, or to stay within the question as long as I can. In a sense, writing fiction can be compared with pacing back and forth. You go forward and then come back again, pondering questions that both sear and chill you internally.” - Han Kang
Practice.
Set a timer for 10 minutes and journal or take notes in response to the questions below.
What questions have you been asking and exploring in your recent writing projects?
What questions are you asking and exploring in your spiritual life?
Which questions do you not want to stay with? Which ones do you wish you could ignore or move past?
Want More?
Read ‘If I was 100% healthy I couldn’t have become a writer’ by Han Kang
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