Writing — Introduction

Hello. I Don’t Care To Be Normal — No How, No Way

My little-bitty introduction to Illumination and all it’s offspring

JoAnn Ryan selfie

I’m here to engage in my two greatest loves — reading and writing. I know this is the case for most people who arrive at a medium called Medium. Reading the words you write are an affirmation of this.

I’m so happy platforms like Medium exist, as well as publications like Illumination, so we that may all connect through our shared love.

Reading is my solace, my crutch, my means of escape, my attention and diversion. It’s a path, an ever-flowing river, a life boat on a stormy sea, a bridge between reality and insanity.

Writing is my wings to fly, my salvation, my greener pastures, my everlasting life. It’s an arrival, a land of milk and honey, an Arcadia of exquisite rapture, heaven on Earth.

Reading is the journey. Writing is the destination.

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