Rendering the Write Impact

 

Breathing into Shades of Crimson

One breath.

The journal.

Start somewhere.

I am full. Thoughts cascade through space, refreshing it like a rain shower.

Writing fills up space and yet, empties space.

Write something that doesn’t have to grow up and be anything in particular.

Write it like an old letter, faded, rough around the edges, shades of yellow, torn edges and crinkly spots.

Writing through Crimson Spaces

One breath.

Though, I don’t dare breathe for fear of making a sound.

Mesmerized by the sound of wind in the trees. I hold my breath, listening.

Peaceful and writing forward through space.

The day’s activities have settled and faded from my mind like a silvery white airplane trail across the sky; I have travelled through space.

The mind reaches outside of myself, empties into the space, touching the room, reaching. Filling the space.

The space reaches back towards me. I listen. Ears ringing as my inner and outer space mingle.

It tingles, electric. In and out.

My breath. The space. In and out.

The wind through the window, rendered me writing. Bringing the space into being.

Turning Shades of Crimson

Over the past month, thanks to Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without a Blog, Wendi Kelly of Sirius Graphix and John Hoff of WP Blog Host, I’ve been well supported in redirecting the focus of my business. Narrowing the focus.

Another person I’d like to mention is my friend and colleague Ian Johnson. We’ve been working together, studying and practicing David Grove’s system of Symbolic Modelling and The Power of Six. Ian brings an immense amount of wisdom and authenticity to the table. He has been incredibly supportive and encouraging.

The services of Writer Sense Communications (proofreading and editing) and Crimson Compass Life Coaching will be merging into Shades of Crimson. This life coach will be coaching writers and those other creative types. Connecting with what is inside that wants to be expressed and noticing what is outside wanting to be let in.

We’ll be coaching the “space”; not the writing. The writing writes in the space of listening to the space and translating the space. Too spacey? Good :-) Cause we’ll also be stepping (or skipping) into clarity of intention. Encouraging, or in my words, rendering the creativity from the inside out and the outside in.

Coaching creativity with Shades of Crimson is rendering the write impact. Proofing and editing makes the best of the best.

I explained to Barbara:

“The common theme with the coaching/writing and the proofing (for me), is that it’s a gradual process and there is an art to it. And with my career background I’ve developed a healthy respect for the ‘process’ and each stage of the process; from brainstorming to the design concept to the writing, editing, proofing and final product. I love how each phase supports the other.

I love what the word rendering does for this. It represents the gradual process that goes into proofreading, writing and coaching. It’s about translating a message, generating an image, a flair for creativity, etc. Plus… rendering —> different ‘shades’ of crimson (or steps in the process).

The word impact is also strong because we all want to make an impact, and a writer definitely wants their words to make the ‘write impact’. Plus ‘impact’ packs a punch as the colour crimson suggests.”

What lies ahead? Coaching creativity. Adventures in ‘the’ space.

Blogging about the space. How we interact with the space. How we influence each other.

Blogging about bringing “the space” into our world. It wants to be written. Drawn. Painted. Photographed.

Blogging about process. The start. The exploration and discovery. The finish.

One breath.

Start somewhere.

Photo Credit: The Trial

Tagged as: Coaching, Creativity, editing, muse, proofreading, Writing