Here be dragons.
I found this quote by Amy Tan:
“I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.”
People ask if you are sad or tired. I could say yes to those but neither is quite right.… Read the rest
Do you remember BookCrossing? It’s been years since I last logged in. Funny that I was thinking of the book which I had last read the last time I was at the site. I couldn’t remember the author or the title, but there it was, first on my profile page.
… Read the rest“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”
This quote is about the break between having the dream and living with it. But, you can read so much into a few words.
… Read the restI’m a fan of writer Ann Patchett, whose book, Truth and Beauty, is one of my favourites. This week, thanks to the website, Brain Pickings, I came across a fantastic Patchett quotation that hit very close to home, especially the last line:
“The journey from the head to hand is perilous and lined with bodies.
According to Hersh, “songwriting is about shutting up instead of talking.”
Hersh is Kristin Hersh, a songwriter.
This quote reminds me of the old one about writing being easy, just slit your wrists and bleed over the paper, something like that. Possibly less dramatic and drastic sounding, but with the same meaning.
In the end most communication is about shutting off one thing so the flow of ideas can come from another source.… Read the rest
I lost track of where I found this. But, I like it.
Typing in the text for those who can’t see it from the image:
… Read the restThrough this mild and harmless struggle, I acquired a hobby. “How agitated I am when I am in the garden, and how happy I am to be so agitated,” Jamaica Kincaid writes in My Garden Book.
I never watched the show, Sex and the City, but over time I’ve heard or found quotes which make me think.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up – Picasso
You have to love your work or you become alienated from your life – Brad Roberts, Crash Test Dummies
I came across these two quotes this week. I kept them on my desktop and nearly deleted the file without saving it tonight.… Read the rest
Microblogging is a liberating experience. You narrow down your focus to the essentials and leave out all the extra explanations.
When you post for a microblog you jot down, announce and make note. You don’t have to add a lot of context. You can skip an illustration – unless your post is the illustration, in that case you can skip the worlds.
Written again in text in case the graphic gets lost along the way:
“I want to be the kind of women that when my feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap… She’s up!”