Hi Callie - This is wonderful writing and very inspiring! I am 60 years old and a “new” creative person. :) I was an electrical engineer and everything in my career had a “hard science” yes or no answer. I retired and am now working on creating poetry. Your writing here is inspiring and helpful to me! In fact, your father also had a part in me starting this journey through his Old Growth book. A year ago I started to visit the places shared in his book. I fell in love with Toft Point and Jung Beech Hemlock SNAs. They are within driving distance of my home. They are magical places to me! I take a pen and notebook and find a place in the big trees and sit for a number of hours. I just listen and see and feel. I record ideas and observations and thoughts in my notebook. I then go home and let these ideas grow. If I am lucky I end up with a poem after a first draft and much revision over months. My plan is to collect these into a chapbook at some point. Thank you for your beautiful writing and inspiration! All the best, Dave Sachs
Hi Dave, thank you so much for these kind words! I'm so happy to hear that the old growth forests are inspiring poetry and imaginings for you. It sounds like you are building a beautiful creative practice, too. Keep on writing!
Hi Callie - This is wonderful writing and very inspiring! I am 60 years old and a “new” creative person. :) I was an electrical engineer and everything in my career had a “hard science” yes or no answer. I retired and am now working on creating poetry. Your writing here is inspiring and helpful to me! In fact, your father also had a part in me starting this journey through his Old Growth book. A year ago I started to visit the places shared in his book. I fell in love with Toft Point and Jung Beech Hemlock SNAs. They are within driving distance of my home. They are magical places to me! I take a pen and notebook and find a place in the big trees and sit for a number of hours. I just listen and see and feel. I record ideas and observations and thoughts in my notebook. I then go home and let these ideas grow. If I am lucky I end up with a poem after a first draft and much revision over months. My plan is to collect these into a chapbook at some point. Thank you for your beautiful writing and inspiration! All the best, Dave Sachs
Hi Dave, thank you so much for these kind words! I'm so happy to hear that the old growth forests are inspiring poetry and imaginings for you. It sounds like you are building a beautiful creative practice, too. Keep on writing!
Oh the Joy of noticing, watching, hearing what is expressing from me. Was that really inside me?
Yes! <3