“I like to say that books found me, that my otherworldly teacher came to me clothed with words that I could decrypt and understand.” I did not start to write stories, poems, or any other type of non-fiction at a very young age, but I read a lot since I knew how to read. I […]
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. Thomas Edison A pen-name, nom de plume, or literary double is a made up name used by authors who want to conceal their identity. Though I‘m very proud of my birth name, I prefer to use the pen-name Eiravel, which is derived […]
Awareness is a form of meditation that triggers inspiration, and all other positive emotions. Awareness, I believe, is the most powerful and sane experience that a living being can have, though I’ve never understood why it is so difficult to attain, but also, why is it so difficult for us to grasp and understand. To […]
A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity Franz Kafka Today, while writing this post, the house is very calm. My mother’s-in-law radio is off, my husband has taken my sons to the barbershop, and only the chirps of different birds, the windy weather, the shuffling of the leaves of trees, and some muffled distant […]
“Wind, blow through me, and lend me your memories while I write, to abate the storm that rages in your heart; to calm down the fury in my heart.” Writing abates the storm that often rages in my heart — like frustrations, anxieties, sadness, anger, unacceptance, incomprehensiveness, and all of these other emotional disasters that […]
Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. Sigmund Freud Anxiety poisons my mind, it’s an entity that rules me, and feeds on my mental energy; it fogs my mind, and I can’t see clearly. My imagination becomes arid when the dark shadows of anxieties cloud […]
My experience of the thing To “meditate” is defined in the dictionary as: “to think deeply and seriously about something” - but to gain what exactly? As for me, in the beginning, I wanted release from stress; and with all the books that I already had - about the power of Meditation and all the […]
Concerning my creative career My tries of yesteryear Fell on the soil Bloomed out a strange plant Whose leaves I ate this year - Mistakes to not make again Mistakes to not make again. -Eiravel- Here comes the time of the year where some resolutions need to be taken. As for my 2019 resolutions, most […]
Driven By Passion & Determination It has been difficult, very difficult indeed. It had been almost alienating… and all of this happened during the strangest episode that I have ever encountered in my whole life… and believe me, I have encountered a lot. I should have abandoned and taken all of these hoaxes that my […]
To me, creative leisures are an important part within my writing process, for it helps me to remain anchored into that creative state of mind, which expands my self-confidence as a writer/blogger. Crafting, writing poetry or single lines, taking pictures, making graphics and vids, are all essential things for me to be doing in order […]
To create every day romantic poetic e-cards till Valentine’s Day Last year I had planned to create in advance a collection for valentine’s season, but I was unable to concretise it, for I was still busy with the in-depth learning of creative writing. However, I have decided that this year will be different, thus challenged […]
This year has been the year of all mistakes, challenges, changes, reflections, analysis, but also progress and rock solid self-determination. Every end year I love to sit down and reflect on what I have been able to achieve for personal growth and advancement. And this year I can say that I am pretty proud of […]
If it’s confusing to me, then it will be confusing for you Recently I noticed that my online accounts were not consistent across the web, and this situation forced me to completely change my e-name. This blog was once named ‘eakilog’, simply because the sub-domain name for ea.ki/eaki was not available, even the username for my […]
5.10 a.m, the clock alarm on my nightstand signals me that it is time to get out of bed, but I am still tired, and the sun has not already risen into the sky. I don’t want to leave the comfort of his warm embrace, still, I have my duties, and mine start early on […]
A stay@home mum who learns online For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle When I stopped working — due to a pregnancy nervous breakdown — I knew that I needed to redesign my whole life, and set sail in another career direction. Though I had […]
“An urge waved in Like waves crashing And surged me to be, I was then free To create what I need That on which my soul feed.” Today I felt as if something was missing in my life, as if my main writing activities wasn’t complete without blogging. Suddenly blogging appeared to me as the […]
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