On constraint, chaos and confusion in the creative process and life.
Category: Writing
Excerpt: The Picture of Dorian Gray
It is not easy to find good travel writing – most of the time, they read like an itinerary of “I did this, and then that, and that” and you are left wondering whether you picked up a brochure rather than a travelogue. Sometimes, the writers go overboard and describe each little stone on the…
Distance makes the heart grow fonder
In the recent issue of P&W, Michelle Wildgen writes this: “After years of thinking setting didn’t inspire me at all, I have come to realize that it does—but only after I’m gone. I’ve learned not to try to write about a place until I’ve left it, whether I was traveling or living there. For instance,…
The Smell of Rice
A heart-rending story (via Bloomer) – “ […]Her family was hungry, but her neighbors had rice; the smell of it was tormenting her. So her mother hugged and comforted her, which made her realize that her mother’s smell was so much more important to her than that of the rice. Then her mother died, but…