I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like love, to form the words, to say the … - Terry Tempest Williams

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My poems - like my family life, my life with friends, my teaching - these things express who I am. I don't feel any extra responsibilities or relishes or necessary evils in them. They are part of who I am, with all of those customary desires and doubts, purposes and confusions that come along with being a particular person.

Terry Tempest Williams

I write because it is dangerous, a bloody risk, like love, to form the words, to say the words, to touch the source, to be touched, to reveal how vulnerable we are, how transient.

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To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.

Connected, Mean, Nature, Reminds, Science, Separate

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

Act, Art, Beautiful, Revelatory, Writing

Not everything is meant for all to hear.

Everything, Hear, Meant

Whatever artistry may occur within the manuscript, the magic happens for me in the last draft. Whatever I have been resistant to say must finally be said. In the end, I see where my pencil has been leading me.

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There is something very sensual about a letter. The physical contact of pen to paper, the time set aside to focus thoughts, the folding of the paper into the envelope, licking it closed, addressing it, a chosen stamp, and then the release of the letter to the mailbox - are all acts of tenderness.

Aside, Closed, Focus, Paper, Sensual