Writing

I have been writing alot on this break. It's given me a chance to look at not only my writing but also the writing of my friend Kevin. We've gotten into the habit of helping each other out. I ventured into the land of short stories. I'm not sure if the three I have are any good or anything, but at least I'm trying something different right? Having creatve writing this past semester has helped my outlook on how I write and how to enhance my poetry. Dr. Carson said something that I think I could not only use in my writing, but in my life as well. He told me to quit hiding. Show more of myself. Maybe I do hide the person that is me, but don't we all at some level? At some level we don't want people to know who we truely are, and for what reason? Everyone hides an aspect of themselves for different reasons. Are we all really afraid of what people would say or think about us? Do we think once people know the real us they would no longer like us or even try to change us?

The question for me is what is it that I am hiding? Why don't I want people to see who I am...it's not bad, or is it out of simple fear that once someone knows the true me they would run like many others in my past....