Comments on: Inspiration From Mountain Tops

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:48:48 +0000

I think we could have an interesting philosophical conversation about this one! I’m not entirely sure where I stand on it. I do think that we see and perceive things differently when we open our minds and throw off our limiting beliefs – maybe that allows us to enjoy what providence has to offer… or was offering us anyway, but we just couldn’t see it?

By: Edinburgh Lover

Edinburgh Lover — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:23 +0000

That’s an interesting quote about “… the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too”, but I wonder if that’s really the case, that forces of providence in the universe are at all shaken or moved simply due to an individuals commitment? Rather, I think providence works of it’s own nature (personally speaking).

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Inspiration From Fire Breathing Writing Dragons | Confident Writing — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:05:31 +0000

[...] Joanna Young, pointed out, in a recent article, WH Murray wrote his most inspirational work whilst he was in a Prisoner of War Camp. I can’t [...]

By: Managing with Aloha Coaching

Managing with Aloha Coaching — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:19:21 +0000

Hau‘oli la hanau to Joanna Young!

Surely you know Joanna by now too: She is the personification of our Ho‘ohana Community in Scotland! Today is her birthday. Because of Joanna, I can now spell Edinburgh right the first time, without checking, and knowing that she is

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:35:21 +0000

Cath, that’s pretty much how it made me feel too – although I guess although that when you have the inspiration the determination and the will power flow a lot more easily.

Joanna

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:13:41 +0000

Hi Joanna – this is an inspiring story and also one of great courage and persistence. And if he was able to write in those conditions with limited resources, none of us have an excuse for not being able to write.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:11:25 +0000

Thank you Solomon, I hope you enjoy what you find.

Amy, you’re right, the story works on many levels (as the best stories do). Sense of place is very important to me too and I love the way you express it in your work, through your writing and your photographs. I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with in your 4 * 4 piece!

Joanna

By: Solomon

Solomon — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:05:27 +0000

Thank you, Joanna! I’ll try here and read about him through the wikipedia. I appreciate your writing and want to read a great deal here.
Solomon

By: amypalko

amypalko — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:00:29 +0000

How moving that he wrote this manuscript recalling his encounter with this fantastic landscape, whilst he was deprived of the connection, only to have the fledgling narrative destroyed. To begin again and to achieve completion must have been truly a euphoric experience.

I think tomorrow I’ll be tackling the 4×4 post, and I’m pretty sure that I’m going to be writing about the environment as inspiration. Like Murray, I find that being within an environment that makes my heart sing, causes my pen to move faster across the page. A connection with the land, for me, is key to my writing experience.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:28:57 +0000

Rosa, thank you.

It was a pleasure to research this story, finding the connections from your own piece, the words you quoted, and Murray’s story… via some places that are very dear to my own heart.

It’s definitely given me a clearer sense of what inspiration means to me as a result.

And thank you so much for your comment about what I do here. I love writing here, but it’s so much more fulfilling to get feedback like this, to know that my words do make a difference.

Joanna