Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Friday, July 15, 2005

Are we writing literature?

Oh my! I love this definition of what literature is....It broadens and deepens my idea of what it is, and raises the hope that we can all aspire to the writing of it..... "The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it." -Elizabeth Drew Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 4, 2005

..."language raised to the Nth power"...

This is a wonderful analogy. Sometimes poems feel like they get into the very stream of my blood turning the calm waters into rolling rapids... "Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

...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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Sunday, June 12, 2005

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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Friday, June 3, 2005

Pen or keyboard?

I write a lot on keyboard and computer screen these days. In fact, I am writing this on a computer. Yet, somehow my creativity flows deeper and truer with a pen in hand and paper to map the journey of winding words onto the page. I tend to write more. I tend to take more detours as I write. There is... Sign in to see full entry.

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