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Story Telling … continues
… you can tell when you find a piece of [a true story] in something new, because it makes your heart rise up into your mouth, full of wishes. So says Nisi Shawl, discussing “How to Tell a True Story.” Stories are on my mind lately: stories, and the importance of being able to tell [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Language(s) and the Difficulty of Reading and Writing
I have been dumbstruck for the last hour or so by a series of videos and writings by Amanda Baggs, a brilliant writer and videographer who is also artistic. (You can watch an 8-minute video on YouTube that illuminates her own ability to communicate and how others fail to understand her as a thinking, communicative [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Reader, Writer, Teacher… a collage about me
Writers are notorious for using any reason to keep from working: over-researching, retyping,going to meetings, waxing the floor–anything. –Gloria Steinem My favorite way to keep from working is the dishes. Or, occasionally, organizing my desk. * * * “…reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or [...]
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