Well, it’s not even the end of the first month of the year and already I’ve read some pretty amazing books.
“Divisadero” by Michael Ondaatje
This is the first book I’ve read by him and I was utterly transported into his world. The prose is basically hypnotizing and the way he weaves the present and the [...]
Archive for January, 2008
A Look at Some Books
Posted in reading on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Enough is Actually Enough
Posted in inspiration on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I slipped off the radar again. Just as I fell into an amazing writing and exercise groove, what happens? I throw out my back. The worst I’ve ever done it. For three days I lay on ice and heat and watched “Little Miss Sunshine”, “Snow Cake” and the first two seasons of “Weeds”. I’ve [...]
Looking at Resistance
Posted in creative process, motivation, writing on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This book has been on one of my many bookshelves for several years. For some reason I just never read it or finished it. Using “war” in terms of “art” felt wrong somehow. But now here it is the third day of the new year and while I am showing up to my story, I [...]
Happy New Year
Posted in creative process, writing on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this is the scene we woke up to this morning. Kind of gives new meaning to a clean new slate and rather appropriate for the the first day of the new year.
We’ve been on a cleaning binge around here. Both girls rearranged their rooms and organized them. I did the same for our basement. [...]
