Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

The universe is made of______?

"Say it, say it. The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."--Muriel Rukeyser And even when the physicists look at atoms, they find stories and mysteries....Light is a particle and light is a wave. To even look at things on an atomic level changes them. So even atoms are made of stories. Another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Whether it's a blank page or a blank screen...

Whether it's a blank page or a blank screen, starting a writing project is at least a little daunting everytime I do it. Especially after I have written something that REALLY WORKED--like a poem that feels like a sculpture that always existed in that peice of marble, and I had the honor of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 22, 2008

...one word at a time...

E.L. Doctorow observed, "Writng novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." For me, the most important thing in writing is to get more and more words on the page. In some ways, Blogit feels like a very big coffee shop... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Giving....

I think that 'giving' is something that writer's do--pouring joy and sweat and tears and life's blood on the pages... "Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think." -Author Unknown Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Poetry as journal?

This is an amazing definition of poetry! "Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away."... Sign in to see full entry.

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