Up: [[Sharing]] Related: [[Attention]] Created: 2023-08-27 Updated: 2025-12-29 I’m reading the introduction to the book I just purchased, *Exploring Poetry of Presence II*. The author, [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] offers a great explanation of what makes writing a mindfulness practice that is making me realize that’s exactly why I want a ‘project’ and what I want from it. Rosemerry talks about scanning the world all day, every day in search of a poem. That heightened awareness, that paying attention. Yes! I want that. Do I need a public project for it? No, I don’t. I’m already gradually, ever so slowly, getting more and more of the awareness, the attunement throughout my daily life. She also said that writing gives her the opportunity to frame and reframe an experience, to look at it from different perspectives. Yes, all forms of self-expression and my therapy give me that opportunity. Some reading does too. Which means changing how I see the world, changing what I think, how I behave. Self-expression is the vehicle for transformation. Rosemerry didn’t say that, I did. It feels profound right now. And then Rosemerry said the most important thing of all. It’s not actually about the words or the images I paint. They’re just what’s pointing to the mystery. As Rosemerry says, *When we put the practice first, then the dark and light come pouring in and we are stunned by our own aliveness.* (Foreword) Yes! That is the Be Amazed part of the program folks. And it’s the part I’m most afraid of losing through Tell About It. Last night, I watched the movie *King Richard*. The father of tennis stars Venus and Serena turned down the machine that was convinced it knew how to produce stars. He made sure his daughters got an education, had the chance to be children and teenagers, grew up with strong values. Sometimes, with writing, I want to just do the work and see what happens. But I know that doing the work in absolute secrecy and privacy means that nothing can or will happen. So the question becomes, What is the smallest and most natural way to share?