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No Use Hiding, Weekend Is A few Days Away
Jun. 18th, 2019 05:26 am
Jun. 18th, 2019
Relaxing Day
Jun. 18th, 2019 11:50 amSo, after the long day yesterday and feeling knackered last night, today is an easy relaxing do nothing day.
I am finishing off reports from yesterday anyway.
Then I will be reading and may walk into town later to see Kate at Past Sentence. Meanwhile, I fancy coffee number two of the day.
I am finishing off reports from yesterday anyway.
Then I will be reading and may walk into town later to see Kate at Past Sentence. Meanwhile, I fancy coffee number two of the day.
Just Wondering
Jun. 18th, 2019 03:43 pmWhat trait do you covet in others?
What skill do you wish you had?
How do you wish to be remembered?
What skill do you wish you had?
How do you wish to be remembered?
Book 54 - Anne Lamott "Bird By Bird"
Jun. 18th, 2019 05:39 pmAnne Lamott "Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life" (Anchor Books)
Well, either way, Ann Lamott has written a simply put and beautifully thought out tome on writing. Not how to write, but how to get your gluteus on a chair and fight through all of your inner and outer demons and put yourself on the pages. To take a bold step forward and reveal to the world who you really are.
The chapters are well balanced and are invaluable in the philosophical advice it dispenses. That is the beauty of good writing, the universality of the message is such that you can take the philosophy generally or specifically, whichever way you want to take it, the truisms are true.
In essence, if you have a novel in you, it will help get it out.
I am not sure anyone can really teach someone how to be a Great Writer, but Lamott has a lot of wisdom on what it means to be a writer.
I can probably sum up her teaching in a few words: If you want to be a writer, then WRITE!
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Well, either way, Ann Lamott has written a simply put and beautifully thought out tome on writing. Not how to write, but how to get your gluteus on a chair and fight through all of your inner and outer demons and put yourself on the pages. To take a bold step forward and reveal to the world who you really are.
The chapters are well balanced and are invaluable in the philosophical advice it dispenses. That is the beauty of good writing, the universality of the message is such that you can take the philosophy generally or specifically, whichever way you want to take it, the truisms are true.
In essence, if you have a novel in you, it will help get it out.
I am not sure anyone can really teach someone how to be a Great Writer, but Lamott has a lot of wisdom on what it means to be a writer.
I can probably sum up her teaching in a few words: If you want to be a writer, then WRITE!
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James Booth "Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love" (Bloomsbury)
I have thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful and academically focused biography of one of our best modern poets, Philip Larkin. This is a much more well-rounded tome, which in comparison to Motions' rather sad and misjudged biography I read beforehand, this deserves my recommendation. However, Booth's style is to reject the poet's advice not to read his poems autobiographically and thus to read too much of the poet himself into the art. I beg to differ in that he created personae that reflected his moods and life.
Larkin was well above this kind of thing, of course - and said so more than once. That isn't to say he could avoid some degree of self-revelation, such is the nature of art, but the poems are not diaries of his inner life - not as Booth so often reads, them, anyhow. Larkin created personae towards whom we could relate easily and deeply. Larkin's poems reveal starkly truthfully, using straightforward language that belies its complexity of meaning and style, the human condition. They act as revealing mirrors of our own souls and are as relevant today as when they were written: "‘Nothing, like something, happens anywhere".
I have thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful and academically focused biography of one of our best modern poets, Philip Larkin. This is a much more well-rounded tome, which in comparison to Motions' rather sad and misjudged biography I read beforehand, this deserves my recommendation. However, Booth's style is to reject the poet's advice not to read his poems autobiographically and thus to read too much of the poet himself into the art. I beg to differ in that he created personae that reflected his moods and life.
Larkin was well above this kind of thing, of course - and said so more than once. That isn't to say he could avoid some degree of self-revelation, such is the nature of art, but the poems are not diaries of his inner life - not as Booth so often reads, them, anyhow. Larkin created personae towards whom we could relate easily and deeply. Larkin's poems reveal starkly truthfully, using straightforward language that belies its complexity of meaning and style, the human condition. They act as revealing mirrors of our own souls and are as relevant today as when they were written: "‘Nothing, like something, happens anywhere".
The Librarians
Jun. 18th, 2019 11:41 pmReally enjoying this wacky romp of a show.
Watched the first six episodes already.
Watched the first six episodes already.
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