Long Live the Poets of our World! Long Live John's message!! Karl-Ludwig Wendt (1944-2010) situations crawl out of the woodwork things quite beautiful and tall but the ones that usually last are the least expected and small - from "Chaste Wood", 1989
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When I first saw Frida Kahlo's painting, "Le due Frida," 1939, I instantly connected to this woman, this creative force that is Frida. (I couldn't resist including her in my novel - here's an excerpt) The two poles between which I (and Frida, and many others) oscillate are inventions of my mind. Yet, the duality has a force of its own and expedites meaning. This same driving force can be observed in the characters I try to build. It would be naive to think that we are merely organized dually -- we may all have a diversity of opposing pushes or pulls, but in myself as with all my friends, I am fascinated by the childhood essence around which we rotate, around which we are tied, by umbilical cords (or aorta), and from which we fling ourselves in attempts to explore our otherness. I spent my day Sunday, during our open house, thinking about these forces as friends came and went. To my writerlies: if you find yourselves far from the written page during these festive times, I hope you will enjoy spending it with your loved ones. You might also find that once things get back to normal (whatever that normal is), your writings will be flooded with brilliant characters. May you all publish widely and successfully in 2011!!! TartanFrog If you like the quote below you can find out more by visiting Jonathan's blog “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanely sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create — so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, their very breath is cut off… They must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency they are not really alive unless they are creating.” - Pearl Buck How do you kickstart creativity? Cheers, TartanFrog For more great photographs - check out the National Geographic blog Every one of the sticky notes in the photograph —taken in Antigua, Guatemala—is inscribed with the words ‘Te Amo, Cristina’. My first thought was that I wanted to see this house for myself. I wanted to meet this Cristina. Who was she and who loved her so much? Although the original scenario that lit up in my imagination went something like the famous novel Love in the Time of Cholera and Florentino’s unrequited love for Fermina, it was soon replaced by another scenario. What if Cristina were a child? Imagine a world where people didn’t just say they loved children, but took concrete actions on a daily basis so that every child would know this without question. Imagine this world... I will be back tomorrow with more writing contest updates... |
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