I've been thinking a lot lately about the qualitative and intellectual differences between writing by hand and typing. (There's research out there, I know, and it's on my "delve into" list.)
Here's the fear I have of paper: it (can) turn(s) good ideas into ephemera that doesn't go anywhere.
I stand in a ballroom, freewriting at a piano, and even as I let my creative juices flow, I am thinking about the hassle of retyping when I get home, the pressure of my hand on the paper, the fear that I am consigning my ideas to closed off-ness. This is why I want, currently, to scan all of my college and grad school notes - to keep them usable. But really all it is is a matter of intention. Take the materials and use them. Of the rest, let go whatever no longer serves you.
Just move. Move on paper. Move on a keyboard. Find a spot in which to settle and be still, but let your thoughts out. Don't imprison them. Set it up to set it free, as my yoga gurus say. What good are they locked on paper or locked in a Word document? Let them fly.
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