“I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place.”
I read The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham when I was around 11 years old. At that time my family was still in a remote desert town in the Middle East, a city that didn’t have any libraries and definitely no stores with any English books. I read it upon my father’s suggestion from his diverse collection of books. I told him the print was too tiny and it had all these words that I could not possibly understand and I did not want to look them up! He ... read more »
Tagged art, authors, books, process of writing, W. Somerset Maugham, words
January 16th.
If you would like to know what Still Sundays is about, please take a quick gander here and just read the third paragraph. Thanks.
Artists and their obsessions. “Doubt requires more courage than conviction.” Love doesn’t make you feel insecure.
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It is almost six o’clock in the morning and New York City is still covered by the cloak of the dark night. All the clocks in my apartment are tick-tocking to a rhythm along with my noise of sipping tea. Music of a dark, cold morning that doesn’t have a sound other than the thoughts in your head.
I do wish I could hear this stillness ... read more »
Tagged art, authors, books, choices, elizabeth strout, faith, John Patrick Shanley, life, questions, relating
I find it interesting that I came across this article (of course through Twitter serendipity) just as I was–I am—in the process of editing a personal essay titled “The Soul of the Sea” (to be posted soon) which touches on some points raised below.
If an artist is to truly understand and empathize with another then he or she must also be willing to feel and understand how another judges him or herself. Something many are too afraid to do for the fear of coming across as judgmental. It is not easy to practice discernment which is not the same as judgment. Moreover, I am not sure if one can write fiction without ... read more »
Tagged authors, books, Naipaul, process of writing, words
