Hello And welcome to my personal blog "Kitchen and letters"
When I was thirteen years old, I wanted to become a poet. The love lasted a long time. I even published for the first time in a local newspaper. I wanted to write and write. I passed most of my teens writing poetry, and short stories. I believe that if I could write I could do anything. I have always been a hopeless romantic, and does not matter what happens in life if I have the ability to write it, things will be fine.
Why do we write? I think writing, as with most art, the purpose changes as we change and grow. We mix it and blend it with other forms of art. Like me now, I'm putting three of the things that I like the most in the world together: Food, photography and writing. Three things that I have had the passion and love since I was a teen.
I started writing back them, because I needed an escape from what has happening. I needed to create an alternative world to the world I had then. Poetry was a beautiful answer. When I entered college, I was still writing. I wrote love poems then, and relevelious thoughts. I wanted to change the world with my writing. I believe a lot in myself.
When I decided to go on and study Sociology. I felt it was the perfect complement to my writing. I was going to have the chance to improve my grammar and write about important stuff, research etc. My grammar has never been good, I'm a bit dyslexic. I mix the "How, who" "have, gave" and many others. I let that stop me once or many times before, this time, I do care and I will improve with time and re-read everything I write.
Why did I decided to start writing this time? Well, because I love food. However that is not the only reason. Food yes, has been in my life, but I wanted to start writing again because I lost something long time ago, I lost many things, and writing has helped me find things in the past, not only from the past, but has helped me look in the the present. What did I lose? Well, I guess you will have to me patience to find out! I more or less have an idea of what, and what I'm looking to find, but maybe what I think I lost I actually did not loose, maybe is still out there near me, or maybe, it changed its form.
This time, I'm writing for me, I love food as I have mention many times before. I love eating, therefore writing about food will get me close to the place where food and research found their way to me, I want to go on a mental trip to London, where I found the most amazing people, food and where I discover myself.
There is a scene of a movie that fits very well on what I want to say here: Have you seen the film " Before sunset" by Richard linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy? Well, there as scene, where he becomes a writer because as he explains in the movie the want to go back to that moment, keep it alive and hope that maybe by doing that he was going to find what he lost. This is how I feel. I know that many things are now related to " Because of Covid" For me in a way I could blame it to covid, but I could also blame it on turning 40 last year, and having the famous middle age crisis.
Back to the question, Why do we write? I think in many cases we write to remember, to keep memories alive, to move on. Some therapist claim that writing is the best therapy, I have used as therapy many times before. I keep a journal since I'm 13. When we write and read to ourselves what we have written we understand what is happening with us in that moment in time. Of Course there are many styles of writing.
Why do you write?
In good Food,
Iliana Lanuza
Comments