A Writer’s Wine
Is the echo of their soul.
Just as I sit down to write this message for you, Never Tear Us Apart by INXS starts drifting through my opened office window. The neighbours are using their outdoor sound system. At least they have the fortitude to play decent music.
Kirk Pengilly owns the saxophone that carries along the summer breeze. I begin to smile but it hardly forms as the music transports me elsewhere. Now, the half-buried awaken within me and I’m trying to catch the breath of eternal soul, making wine from love and pain.
“We could live for a thousand years, but if I hurt you, I’d make wine from your tears.”
It’s got to be one of my favourite song lyrics of all time.
Then, I’m back at my desk and entangled with a ghost, and somewhat grateful that I have cried tears enough to make wine.
Words are a Writer’s Wine
And some of our most powerful stories are born from the pain of heartache, loss and love. At Living Out Loud, our writers are making wine and sharing those unique perspectives with those who are intended to read and learn from their great work, and we couldn’t be more grateful to be a part of it.
February has been our busiest month ever, and we are so excited to welcome and publish the work of our new writers as much as our regulars who continue to support our cozy little corner of Medium with their beautiful “wine” — every piece is helping to give life and shape the fabric of Living Out Loud, and it’s our pleasure to serve our writers and readers in synergetic, intoxicating connection.
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Miss Harley and I have recently created a Slack group for our writers so that we can keep in touch outside of Medium. Our Slack group is a great tool for writers to use in case they wish to express any concerns or questions that they may have about a piece, or even to just pop in to say “Hey” once in a while.
Spotify
We’ve also created a LOL Writer’s Collection Playlist on Spotify just for fun, and would love to hear about your favourite tunes so that we can make this playlist something really unique.
Slack
Join us! 👋 Let’s move this to Slack! You can sign up here: https://join.slack.com/t/livingoutloudpub/shared_invite/zt-lp6a7510-YpkWK6tUT0cpFxWMtdGCjw
Or email us at Livingoutloud@gmail.com and we’ll send you an invitation.
LOL Writers Collection on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13tqKub0XQLevEc9hsJtYD
- Hit “like” so that you can access the playlist anytime on your own Spotify account.
Keep sharing the “wine”.
With love,
Kim, Harley & Lexi
#Love #wine #life #music
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