Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Confidence as a writer....

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all --that is genius."--Emerson In college I took classes that operated like creative writing groups. About 8 years ago, I was thrilled to be invited to join a local writer's group in this town. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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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Friday, April 13, 2007

...a wonderful quote from a choir workshop handout...

John Wooden instructs, "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, because your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are." Having been through a divorce in this relatively small community, I learned how fragile my reputation can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

A favorite quote....

This is a favorite of mine....short but very much to the point "The darkest hour is only sixty minutes."-Author Unknown Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Dare to write....

A few biting comments to my blogging of late have got me to thinking. I dip in and out of debates and arguments about what blogging is--from an intense chat room to a place for aspiring writers to grow and develop vs. bloggers who want only very polished work to show up here. I take the middle road,... Sign in to see full entry.

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