writing and isolation

Joseph Conrad wrote, “We live, as we dream—alone.” We can’t really explain the feeling of a dream to anyone. We can describe the events and the images, but the incommunicable whole always remains more than the sum of the parts. That missing element of the dream, the me of it, will also be absent from an account I give of my own life. Writing is a struggle against the ineffability of consciousness. I attempt to articulate my lived experience as best I can. I may not have words for my singular experience, but I feel what it is and can sense what is missing from my writing, and I strive to bridge the gap between my mind and yours.