I gave a non-committal reply as that didn't quite fit for me. On the other hand, delving back into my writing journals, as I have been doing recently, certainly allows me to time travel. Seeing my words and the way they are formed - the size and consistency of the letters - on the paper, tells me a great deal about how I was feeling at the time.
I've been discussing whether it is possible to keep a reflective writing journal on line. Perhaps for some it is. However, I wonder whether the technology not only means that the writing loses its spontaneity, that 'before the thought is fully formed' quality, but also the visual impact of how it was written when reading back.
In my journals I've been finding titbits to inspire my present writing projects. I also re-discovered this which I still like as a meditative little piece:
Those moments I lost
in the pettiness of things,
I find again in the sea's
underwater calm.
Those moments I lost
in the fear of things,
I find again in the sea's
night terrors.
