Ernest Hemingway is quoted as saying, ““Write drunk; edit sober”. I must
say that I am aligned to this school of thought. Having one, two, three drinks enables one to be more of oneself. Happiness, sadness, thoughts to forget and thoughts
to remember. We ultimately write about what we know and what we have
experienced. Is it to purge oneself of these things which have grown inside
of us or to prepare oneself of what might become.
I write in the wee hours of “I am sorry,” or “Are you sorry?” time of night. It is when I lie there, unable to sleep despite the third glass of wine. I realize that the only thing which may enable me to sleep is to write. I write to remember. I write to forget.
