Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Back to my resolution to begin letter writing again,

even if no one writes back. Here is an interesting quote from a famous person of the past who was frustrated with someone for not writing back... "I write to you out of turn, and believe I must adopt the rule of only writing when I am written to, in hopes that may provoke more frequent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Writing letters....

This weekend, I have been watching the "Sarah, Plain and Tall" movies. So much of the story hinges around the writing of letters. I used to love to write letters. But few people seem to anymore. I almost never got a reply (save a signed card at Christmas)when I used to try to stay in touch with... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

About writing....

Blogging and keyboards are inextricably linked together. Often there is no way around the need to write directly onto the computer when I blog. There just isn't time for anything else. But my writing seems to get more varied, deeper and even more interesting when I sit down with pen and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Blogit gives us a kind of freedom as writers...

...We can choose to write and essentially publish whatever we want to write.... "Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile."-Sinclair Lewis...This quote leave me likening adolescent rebellions with a pull I sometimes feel here at Blogit to write the most... Sign in to see full entry.

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