Reaffirming My Own Existence

Peoples stories - well known or not offers hope insight and inspiration for those who read their works and their own personal life story. People no matter where they are in the world share a common stories of love, hurt, happiness, betrayal, lost and so on yet each story is different unique and intriguing. When we read other writers we sometimes see a piece of ourselves in them we identify and that are what evokes all the emotions and then we know how much of an impact a particular writer has on us.

In the words of Gao Xingjian …..

"When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence."

Something I can very much relate too. Words are important at least for me its been a source of inspiration and healing and has reaffirmed my very existence. Looking back on what I have written and looking into what I am going to read I see that in exist though insignificant at times I know I am there and I know I am living be in good times or bad. It keeps you up on your feet and make you want to make the most of a bad situation and reminds you of your worth. The words of Gao Xingjian are truly inspiring and in remembering him and his works here is his story …The story is taken from dailyinspirations.com ..

June 4 ~ Reaffirming My Own Existence

"When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is
my way of reaffirming my own existence." ~ Gao Xingjian

Born on this day in Ganzhou, eastern China, writer and artist Gao Xingjian (1940-) was the son of a bank official.

Known for elegant and insightful prose, he once wrote, "Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?"

His prolific writing career was short by the turmoil of his homeland's Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). The government banned his writing and he was forced for six years to become a farm laborer.

In secret, he continued to write, explaining: "Even during the most difficult times in China, I carried on writing secretly, without thinking that one day I would get published." he published his first novella in 1978.

Gao left China in 1987 to settle in France and wrote with passion. "Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear- minded starting point for literature," he said.

His great novel Soul Mountain (1991) celebrated his miraculous cure following a lung cancer diagnosis, capturing the spirit and struggle of the individual's will to survive.

"I realized that Chinese history was a history of power. I became very interested in the sources of Chinese culture and I traveled to where the novel takes place to investigate for myself what those sources were," he explained in a 2003 Asia Society interview.

In December 2000, Gao became the first Chinese-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

With artistic innovation he also has created Zen-inspired visual masterpieces with India ink on rice paper. He said of his passion, "Painting starts where words fail or are inadequate in
expressing what one wants to express."

With each word, an affirmation!

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