Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Monday, September 17, 2007

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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Saturday, September 15, 2007

This quote is so true...

"Beginning to write, you discover what you have to write about."-Kit Reed It is so strange, how one's mind can be blank, with not sense of direction. You have to actually start writing before the ideas begin to really form. It doesn't make intuitive sense to me. The blank mind seems to be yelling,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Does writing ever feel like cooking to you?

I often find myself using the analogy between the two. Here is a light-hearted quote that uses the comparison.... "Writing is like cooking...if you spill something, you should make it look like part of the act."-Jon Keeble I once wrote an essay centering on the analogy between writing and cooking.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Commitment and Writing....

This makes me think of the very old cliche--- Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This quote is serious and elegant, so I am surprised at the corny associations I keep having, such as 'you have to start with one egg to get a dozen.' I really think I should move ahead and share the quote I am... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Here is a quote I really enjoy....

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one. "-John Ruskin(1819-1900) As a... Sign in to see full entry.

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