There is a kind of mysticism to writing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My feeling is that writing is, for me, a pathological condition. That could sound like a mystical experience, and it may be a mystical experience, but I have learnt just to go with it.
Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to.
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
Writing reminds you of how much there is in your life that stands outside your explanations. In that way, it's almost a journey into faith and doubt at once.
Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to convert it into words... and then you start to create a work of art, and that's another miracle, and it remains mysterious to the writer, or to this writer anyway.
Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.
For me, writing stories is one way of feeling connected to the universe and God.
I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.