Somatic Writing Quotes

“Words are felt bodily presences. They take up residence in our connective tissue, in the inner sanctum of our cells and the rapid fire of neurons. They await our grasp and their play upon the page. They await our writing, our consideration and gaze. They want to be touched by writing and partake in one form becoming another form, a flesh body shedding a skin for a text body.”
― Cheryl Pallant, Writing and the Body in Motion: Awakening Voice through Somatic Practice

“Writing is a path of knowing, a process of cognition, an act of being and becoming. The flesh gives voice to sing or rant, a verbal dance of cells, atoms, energy, intention, and attention.”
― Cheryl Pallant, Writing and the Body in Motion: Awakening Voice through Somatic Practice

“[You forgot] the importance of the lopsided, the thing that's skewed a little. You were looking for balance, beautiful balance, equal parts, equal sides. I know this. I know you. But you should have been tracking the yen in its tics and quirks. The little quirk. The misshape...That's where the answer was, in your body, in your prostate.”
― Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

“They write for those who ache before they climax.”
― K.S. McCrae, Epiphany

“Not all silence is rejection. Some men leave because they don’t know how to stay.”
― K.S. McCrae, Epiphany

“This isn’t a novel. It’s a remembering.”
― K.S. McCrae, Epiphany

“As human beings, identity and self image are fused into the way we move and hold ourselves. Because even if we are looking for enlightenment, we are still people. We have bodies. Ask yours for information. We have stories, histories and conditioning. Ask yours for data, too.”
― Jane Hardjono, Writerfulness: Mind & body explorations for writers

“Thoughts get thunk.”
― Jane Hardjono, Writerfulness: Mind & body explorations for writers