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On Getting Ideas
by Lindsey Anderson on March 20, 2008
“How can you go on talking so quietly, head down-wards?” Alice asked, as she dragged him out by the feet, and laid him in a heap on the bank.
The Knight looked surprised at the question. “What does it matter where my body happens to be?” he said. “My mind goes on working […]
When Words Refuse Us.
by Jacqueline on March 19, 2008
I noticed that my ink well has dried up for the past week. Do other writers experience this? The idea that what we write comes from another realm, as if we don’t have control over what graces the pages of our beloved notebooks?When the ink refuses to fl ow from my pen, I fill up […]
“Truth is not a solid”
by Edward Atkinson on March 17, 2008
That thought hit me yesterday, and I don’t know why. I was just walking, enjoying the gorgeous Georgian weather, and paying attention to little. And it flashed into my head: “Truth is not a solid.”
Interesting.
We say that there are pillars of truth, principles of truth, constants of truth. And (excuse the wording) […]
Daydreams
by Lindsey Anderson on March 13, 2008
It’s not too uncommon to hear about keeping a “dream journal” … a journal where you record what flies around in your head at night. But I tend to do more daydreaming than night dreaming — at least, my daydreams make more sense and they aren’t nearly as fleeting as night dreams.
So I tried to […]
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