The Other Worlds (A Glimpse Beyond The Ink, and Motivation To Write!)
I’d like to share an idea I’ve had for a while now-- an idea centered around what may be beyond us. I’m not necessarily in an existential crisis or anything, but this concept fascinates me. A concept that, at it’s heart, may come from a love of reading and indulging in the most vivid of daydreams. A concept that opened like the door of a book, and lead me down quite the rabbit hole.
I think there’s other worlds, realities of sorts, beyond ours. And I believe we can reach them by simply closing our eyes and letting ourselves get lost in a world that may be fictitious to us here-- fictitious to our residence in this realm alongside our physicality.
Have you ever envisioned people and scenarios that may be impossible from where we are in existence as of now? From original characters, to a whole series of novels from an author of sorts? I think these people and places aren’t real, only if you take into consideration of this physical world we’ve ever been in.
However, if you consider that you have experienced and seen what isn’t here, be it by daydream or letting yourself follow ink on a page, then surely, it must exist somewhere, right? Just because it isn’t in one pocket of the universe, doesn’t mean it isn’t existing. In an easier-to-digest idea regarding proximity, we could consider something as familiar as our oceans on this Earth. You’ve probably never been to the ocean floor, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is still there whether you’ve seen and been there personally, or not.
I think this whole saying, “Perception is Reality,” can be true. What you envision in reading, even the most fantastical of literary works, exists somewhere. Just not here, not on this Earth. Furthermore, I think this makes the most wonderful thing about the writing craft is sharing what you have access to by your own wits and will of creativity. And you can make another world become practically alive in this one, just by your words alone.
Every book you’ve ever opened, and every story you’ve ever read, is a glimpse into a world, filled with numerous people-- or creatures-- or beings of some sort, as well as these wonderous settings, that came from the mind of another person in this world. I truly think imagination is a bridge built by the mind that allows you to travel beyond your physical self, and at it’s base, the strength of this bridge stands on your shoulders alone. Imagining, dreaming, and daydreaming-- or anything with the mind really, is such a private and personal aspect of our lives.
In restatement, I firmly believe everything about this concept makes the writing craft so intriguing, so endearing, and so fulfilling. Writing is a way to share with others your worlds that you’ve seen and love beyond here. Your characters and worldbuilding-- this all exists to you. And at the end of the day, it is your choice as a writer to bring others to see and meet what you have. Your desire to write out these “fictitious” stories and have them appear to exist in the minds of others-- that’s powerful.
So from one writer to another, keep writing, yeah?
-WriterNova (Blog Post On July 26, 2021.)