Earlier this month, on Super Bowl Sunday, I ran into an old friend in my neighborhood; he was on his way to a Super Bowl party and I was on my way to the library (I had editing to do and figured the library would be especially quiet and empty that afternoon!). I was a little embarrassed, because I felt like "going to the library during the Super Bowl" is kind of "parody of myself" behavior, but my friend saw it differently: he was impressed that I am "always so true to who I am." Lately I've been feeling a little lost and like the world has gone mad, so it really helps to think that perhaps my anchor in these times, can be to lean in hard to who I am and have always been. Better a self-parody than an ill-fitting mask -- and maybe it's not even a parody, but a pure distilled truth.
"on a neat and visually-pleasing shelf in my study"
Things to aspire to. And i was put in mind of Brodsky as you described your rush from plane to stationer -- I was standing there waiting for the only notebook i knew in that city to meet me. She was pretty late.
i got the first like! what an honor…your writing has inspired me to start dedicating myself to writing again❤️i love how you verbally walk the reader through your inner exploration of concepts and ideas as they multiply and intertwine. and a topiary?? if you knew how to stitch, you wouldn’t have been forced to be so creative. being unconventional is so much more fun and it’s an adventure…as is your writing. thanks for the reminder of how much i love exploring ideas and finding ways to express them❤️
Earlier this month, on Super Bowl Sunday, I ran into an old friend in my neighborhood; he was on his way to a Super Bowl party and I was on my way to the library (I had editing to do and figured the library would be especially quiet and empty that afternoon!). I was a little embarrassed, because I felt like "going to the library during the Super Bowl" is kind of "parody of myself" behavior, but my friend saw it differently: he was impressed that I am "always so true to who I am." Lately I've been feeling a little lost and like the world has gone mad, so it really helps to think that perhaps my anchor in these times, can be to lean in hard to who I am and have always been. Better a self-parody than an ill-fitting mask -- and maybe it's not even a parody, but a pure distilled truth.
"on a neat and visually-pleasing shelf in my study"
Things to aspire to. And i was put in mind of Brodsky as you described your rush from plane to stationer -- I was standing there waiting for the only notebook i knew in that city to meet me. She was pretty late.
i got the first like! what an honor…your writing has inspired me to start dedicating myself to writing again❤️i love how you verbally walk the reader through your inner exploration of concepts and ideas as they multiply and intertwine. and a topiary?? if you knew how to stitch, you wouldn’t have been forced to be so creative. being unconventional is so much more fun and it’s an adventure…as is your writing. thanks for the reminder of how much i love exploring ideas and finding ways to express them❤️
i meant was the first to “like” this post….
Wonderful