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Being Stuck But Not For Long

Being stuck is how I learned I am a cartoonist,
A poet, a writer, a painter.
Being stuck is what makes me 
Seek something new that will interest me.

I know when my brain needs something new.
Her dendrites are crying for another language,
vocabulary words, new methods of painting.

I know I must feed her, so she can be the most
creative happy fun-loving dancing self she can be.
This is when I begin learning something new.

I do not care what it is - racquetball, paintball, Harry Potter,
something I did not know about yesterday. To loosen her and
allow her to be the best she can be. I either pick up a book
about something I have never learned or I pick up a hobby. If I have a broken ankle, I click on the History Channel to feed my dendrite highway and retain enthusiasm.

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M. L. Kiser

Date: 2/21/2019 3:03:00 AM

You know I hate doing nothing. Even when I'm sitting in s doctor's waiting room, I'm penning or sketching or working a puzzle. With the exception of a good Zen meditation; my mind is always as busy as my hands. Love this; "fav'd".

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 2/21/2019 7:16:00 AM

I get so much done in a truck waiting for a friend to show up "on time" or "ha ha - one friend who always is 30 minutes late " it is hilarious. One time I had no paper and I implored a waiter to bring me 6 napkins. By the time she arrived I had 9 poems on napkins.