If we're really writing, we are exploring the unnamed emotional facets of the human heart. Not all emotions, not all states of mind have been named. Nor are all the names we have been given always accurate.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ultimately, there are only two emotions: love and fear. And pretty much anything else you want to name can be broken down into one of those.
Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
I'm writing about emotions.
I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it's a double thing and that doubleness is united. I mean, you can't separate persona from psyche; you just can't do it.
Emotion is often what we rely upon to carry us across the unfathomable voids in our intelligence.
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.
In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better.
I've never tried to define my states of mind when I write.