writing
Groundhog’s Day Enigma
For those of you who actually follow Groundhog’s Day, it has never made sense to me. If the groundhog sees his shadow, we have six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t we don’t. If he sees his shadow, doesn’t that mean it’s sunny and warm and we should have less winter? Any thoughts?
F. Scott Fitzgerald on Good Writing
“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Third War Was for the Words
“The third war was for the words: written, spoken, whispered.” Holly Karapetkova
I wonder how often we fight over words. Politicians and lawyers argue over the words used in laws that will determine inhibitions to our behaviour. And what of the privileged language? The one that is used, say English, over others, where not everyone speaks the privileged language. And what about dialects within that privileged language. The British caste system of upper middle class dialect versus cockney.
What do you think about the war of words?
Oscar Wild on Art
“Humility in the artist is his (her) frank acceptance of all experiences, just as Love in the artist is simply the sense of Beauty that reveals to the world the body and soul.”
John Keats Anyone?
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of the Imagination.” ==John Keats
Words
The world does not need words. It articulates itself in sunlight, leaves and shadows.” = Dana Gioia
Women Are Mountains
“By evening, the women are mountains wrapped in dark shawls.” =
Maya Khosia
Prose v. Lyric Poetry
“A narrative poem expresses an experience. A lyric poem expresses a feeling.” = Diane Frank.
What do you think?
Bear Dance
“Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we beat crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.” = Gustave Flaubert
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