“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.” -Joseph Joubert I’m not sure the emotion is easily transferred. I’ll have to ask my readers about that. Yes, grammar feedback, but how did it make you feel? I forget to ask that when I requestContinue reading “Writers, A Question”
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The Writer and The Reader
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas I love the idea that we the reader and I are working together throughout this entire thing. For years, I’ve been quite the solitary person just writing and working on my craft. Universal themes, which make for good writing, require youContinue reading “The Writer and The Reader”
Words and Art
“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” — George Bernard Shaw You’re supposed to be writing. The longer I write and the more I read about art and their own mediums, the more freedom I gain with words as my art. Every book aboutContinue reading “Words and Art”
Writing Content
For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. ” -Neal Asher Writing has taught me so much. It’s taught me how to read. It’s taught me how to use my imagination. It’s gained me writing friends. Writing has taught me to ground myself inContinue reading “Writing Content”
The Inexpressible
“The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The inexpressible. What is it that can’t be expressed? What is it that stays put so that you may live on as if it never happened? That’s what I want to know. What buried itself deep into those folds that youContinue reading “The Inexpressible”
Write Your Story
“If you want to change the world, write your story. If you want to heal the world, share it.” – Unknown And that’s exactly what I do. Life can make you feel helpless. It can make you feel like browbeating is your only option. But the truth is the arts are always and will alwaysContinue reading “Write Your Story”
Where Art Grows
I like your art. I might not have seen it, but there’s a real good chance that I like it. I’d rather see it than anything else. Too much art dies with the people who were too scared to share. It could be the one thing that finally inspires a great mind to change theContinue reading “Where Art Grows”
You Are the Revolution
“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” Alice Walker You writing today is the revolution. Don’t make the end goal when the revolution starts. You stepping into your dreams and desires is the revolution! They really have you out here thinking that you have to put your dreams and desiresContinue reading “You Are the Revolution”
Artistic Dreams
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” -Vincent Van Gogh Now this I can relate to. I wasn’t expecting to find anything really interesting tonight, but here it is. An amazing artist is guiding me back to my place in this world. Not that I only have one place! I am aContinue reading “Artistic Dreams”
I Have Stood on the Peaky Mountain
“I have been in Sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.” -Zora Neale Hurston I was trying to think of Ms. Hurston’s name this weekend at a writing group I attend. I had to lookContinue reading “I Have Stood on the Peaky Mountain”
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