I have cried my way through every listening of this interview between Maurice Sendak and Terry Gross. Then this turns up in my daily view of things: An Illustrated Interview With Maurice Sendak. The images and music are very gentle … Continue reading →
I’m flailing around trying to get this scene, this important plot point done in my NaNoWriMo story. I have a pretty clear idea, ok, really just a pretty fuzzy idea of what’s going to happen and it’s not going very … Continue reading →
“Underlying the idea of “run, hide, fight” is the presumption that volitional choices are readily available in situations of danger. But the fact is, when you are in danger, whether it is a bicyclist speeding at you or a shooter locked and loaded, you may well find yourself frozen, unable to act and think clearly.” Continue reading →
…lest someone start off a scholarly reporting with a paragraph like this about you.
To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment.
