January 22nd 2012.
Biko. Coltrane. My father. Coleridge. Marquez.
Writing when you are under the weather is like talking in your sleep. Nothing makes sense; it all makes sense.
It is a Steve Biko kind of Sunday: “I write what I like.”
New York City is under the weather too. It snowed yesterday.
I read a post by a talented photographer in Finland, Annika Ruohonen, this morning titled “January in Finland.” So this is Finland in January I said aloud without realizing. Maybe my heavy head thought I was using “inside” voices when I was not. I tried leaving a short comment but due to computer glitches, password itches, the comment was lost ... read more »
Tagged authors, marquez, process of writing, questions, relating, words
Still Sundays.
January 15, 2012.
Last time I wrote fiction was June 2011. It wasn’t even a story but a sketch of words. Prior to June, regularly putting down drafts of fiction, however incomplete, was March 2011. All in all, last time I wrote fiction every week, be it a paragraph for the novel or some story shared on this web space, was December 2010. It would be fair and accurate to state that I consistently tackled the craft of fiction from March 2010 to March 2011 regardless what was shared here—and it was a lot that was shared in this online space. In fact, every Tuesday, come rain or shine or travel. I wrote ... read more »
Tagged choices, nyc, process of writing, questions, ralph waldo emerson, social media, words
I received a note from a kindred connection—and we share many connections—Linda Holllier in response to my latest, “The Marriage of Storytelling and Writing”, over at my website, and she began by quoting what I had written…
“where stories are shared under big jacaranda trees in South Africa about the color purple and dreams inside bones“… reading your latest I immediately thought of this photo I took so I am sending it on.
Also delighted to know that there is someone else who prints out articles and highlights passages! lol
By the way, October is the month in South Africa that the Jacaranda trees blossom.
Photo by read more »
Tagged photos, seekfindseek, south africa, words, writing process
Still Sundays
October 9th.
Filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky on “self-existing magic of things” and more. Your talent is a body. Marc Jacobs on innovation.
I find myself intellectually incapable to accept any of the etymologies offered behind “Indian Summer” and google’s curation of history doesn’t satisfy.
October is a solid indigo night, made for returning and leaving at the same time.
Autumn in New York is the muse for so many jazz compositions because only music can capture an indigo night.
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Yesterday I saw a film by Nathaniel Dorsky who has been making and exhibiting films within the avant-garde tradition since 1964. His works have bee shown internationally in museums and theatres ... read more »
Tagged art, choices, life, nathaniel dorsky, process of writing, questions, relating, social media, twitter, words, yoga
October 2nd.
Lymph nodes for spiritual bacteria. Dialogue with the body (video link to blindfolded yoga with Marco Rojas). Notes from Protests and Revolutions: the phenomena needed for a revolutionary movement.
The windows in the bedroom had to be closed last night. The room was chilled from the October breeze, a carrier with a post-card from the future: winter is around the corner.
I wish I didn’t write as slowly as I do. I wish I didn’t see putting words on paper as setting lights on a stage (and on worse days delivering thought babies!). I wish I wrote as fast on Sunday mornings and when I attempt fiction as when I am writing an ... read more »
Tagged choices, life, marco rojas, nyc, politics, words, yoga
