The Quote of the Day that inspired my A to Z Blogging Challenge theme –
A Word for the Day that takes on many meanings.
Quote of the Day: A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator. John Steinbeck
Word of the Day: Zone
I’m really quite pleased with my Z photo. I found it outside the Children’s Theatre. When I’m watching plays, I’m definitely in the zone. I am in the moment. I don’t worry about anything outside of that story. I do let my mind wander and make connections, but I think that’s part of the zone. This also happens when I’m reading a good book. I can tune out all that boy noise, even their gadgets and fussing. I’m in a different time zone inside of that story.
I’ve been in the zone when I’m making music. Sometimes, I lose myself in the song, my fingers finding the notes without conscious effort, and there are times when a story idea sorts itself out, or a real life situation gains clarity. If I’m in angst about anything, I sit down to the piano.
When I was writing Coffee Shop Confessions, I would sit in the coffee shop or at home, and I’d hear all the noises around me, until I started getting into the story. The voices in my head took over, then I heard nothing but what they needed me to write. One evening, around bedtime, my oldest son walked through the kitchen and gave me a funny look. I was wiping tears off my cheeks. I had just written a powerful scene, the one that makes the actress cry, the one where I noticed several people reaching for something to wipe their eyes.
There are many kinds of zones in the world. Being in the zone with my art is sheer bliss.
Go. Create. Inspire!
Journaling Prompt: Describe a time when you were in the zone.
Great post as always, it’s a pleasure to visit your blog.
Congrats on finishing the challenge.
Yvonne.
Hi Mary! I can definitely get in the zone with a good book. I won’t hear anything around me.
Susanne
PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER
I love being in my own zone.
Great Z post.
t
GOAL: to always be in the zone!
So enjoyed reading along with with!
Beth
http://bethlapinsatozblog.wordpress.com
Lovely way to end the challenge, Mary
Karen
Good job getting to the end of the alphabet! I loved all of your posts.
I remember when I first felt the zone when dancing. It kept me coming back over and over!
Thanks, Sisters. Joy, I also remember being in the zone with you during our “Sisters” show. We both felt it, and oh, what a feeling!
Thanks for reading all these posts and enjoying the journey with me.
Mary
That Thanks goes to everyone, not just my sisters!
Mary
Love the photo! And, I didn’t really know what people meant by being in the zone until I started writing. Now I get it and it truly is bliss!
I’m so glad to have met you through the Challenge, I’ve really enjoyed your posts. 🙂
Being in the zone is good! That’s how I can write with the TV and music blaring at the same time.
Music gets me in the zone, whether I am listening to it or singing along while my husband plays guitar.
Loved reading your posts and I hope I can check out Coffee Shop Confessions sometime.
I’ve enjoyed your a-to-z month. I can be in the zone in our pool – just floating, listening to sounds around me, zoning out. Great meeting you and I look forward to regular posts.
Love being in the “zone.” Congrats on completing the challenge – we did it! 🙂
When I read a good book, I’m in the zone and it’s near impossible to get my attention. When I read a history text book, I zone out and it’s near impossible to get the imprint from the pages off my face.
Driving, writing, listening to music, and catching a Hail Mary pass… all of these things can put me in the zone. That last one literally.
There is a lot to be said about being in the zone. I wish we had met earlier on in the alphabet, but I look forward to getting to know you! Julie
Congrats on finishing A-Z and I love being in the Zone…. it’s just hard finding it sometimes with the mayhem of life with the boys 🙂 (NOT that I am complaining 🙂
Mary, what a perfect word for Z! I love it, and I loved hearing your description about being in the zone. I’ve cried over my own work a few times in my career. It’s always a very powerful experience that I’m privileged to have known. Keep finding that zone. You do it well!
Great A-Z posts- I am in the zone right now (too much coffee I expect!)