Why Writing is Empowerment
Captain’s Blog: Why Writing is Empowerment
Lavendate: 2025 - 05 - 01
Dear Lavend-lovers,
Happy Beltane or May Day!
For this Midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, I want to talk about empowerment. It’s all over this site, as you may have seen. This powerful, fiery, and nostalgic holiday seemed like the perfect energy to talk about empowering ourselves.
Summer is coming. School years are coming to an end. The warm weather is starting to make us sweat.
Sometimes, summer is the time of year when we can feel a little lost. It feels like a time of endless possibility. At least for me, my creative energy is high and my focus is low. That can make me feel a bit powerless.
So, I was thinking, “Do I actually live up to the motto that my website - my baby - tells others to believe in?” (Sometimes I gotta check myself.)
With that in mind, I had to think about how writing empowers me. How does it empower others? Does putting some words on paper or on the screen really empower you?
I still believe it does. I know it does.
Sometimes our words can feel like a drop in the ocean and we wonder if the things we write really matter.
The answer is YES. They do matter.
HERE IS WHY.
1. Writing is a release
When we write - whether it be fiction, poetry, or our personal stories - we’re putting something out into the world. An idea. A feeling. A piece of ourselves. If there is something inside you that needs to get out, writing it can help you. Many authors, including Stephen King, have said that they write to release their fears or trauma. Writing a poem can help you express a feeling so it doesn’t build up inside.
2. Your stories can influence and inspire others
Ever read a story that gave you an idea or inspired you? Maybe you read a book about a subject you didn’t know about before and it made you take action. Many times, a character in a book has helped me realize something about myself and helped me to grow.
3. The things we write are often our truth
Even if it’s fiction, everything you write holds a part of you. Often, we don’t even realize it’s there until the work is done. That part of you, that self-truth itself is reason enough to put it into words.
4. If you enjoy it, then it’s worth doing.
Writing can just be for fun too! It can soothe us, make us laugh, help us focus, help us learn, and it’s just enjoyable. When other people read it, they can enjoy it too. Your enjoyment is reason enough to put pen to paper (or fingerprints to keys).
Nothing is too small to not matter at all.
It doesn’t matter if you’re the only person who ever reads it. Write it. Putting a piece of yourself into something makes you feel strong. Your voice is your voice, and wielding it however you want is empowering. Using it to help, inform, entertain, inspire, release, enjoy, and act is empowering.
So wield your voice however you choose.
Supportingly,
Lowen
P.S. With great power comes great responsibility.
