Down the Rabbit Hole

The dangers of WUIE

I was re-reading a piece I recently had reviewed by someone. The review was encouraging and the author commented on my sharing, as if it had been somehow brave of me to be so honest. I noted the title and immediatly had to go back and take a look at what my own words had been. I realized at once, this piece was as raw as they come. Once I read it, I remembered exactly the moment I'd written it. It was one of those nights, following one of those days when it seemed I was vunerable to every colorful emotion available in my wide repertoire. I was as surprised by the honest, open and often brutal way I had expressed my feelings. I think perhaps I should have taken more care with my words, however, that would be a lot like censoring myself and that would not be true to me. Yet still, I'm not often revealing as this piece would indicate. Typically I hold back, even just a little of myself but apparently my guard was down. Those are the dangers of WUE, Writing Under Infuence of Emotions!