Thursday, October 9, 2008
The paradox of poetry
is that so many more people write it that read it these days. Has it always been that way? I haven't made a study of the history of poetry, but have the sense that in days that were less high tech, reading and reciting it was a form of entertainment for more of the population.... "Thirty percent of...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
My children are still young enough
that there are times when in unison they beg, "Tell us a story mom, please tell us one of your stories!" "Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a story."-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Monday, October 6, 2008
Dreaming in pen and ink...
As well as readers, maybe we are all meant to be writers. Or at least 'creative' in some way, whether it be writing or painting or creating amazing woodwork or delicious recipes never thought of before. When I moved to the midwest I was amazed at the quality of the community theatres and of the...
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Friday, October 3, 2008
What are we trying to do when we write?
I think the effort a writer makes to communicate with his or her reader can range from a surface encounter all the way to a dramatic change in world view. "My task - which I am trying to achieve - is by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel. It is, before all, to make you...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Short but profound...
and this quote leaves me pondering if our ability to use words is truly what makes us human... "Words are all we have."-Samuel Beckett
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