And it's even better to have wonderful writers to inspire you. Click here to read this week's creation, with gratitude to the Seattle writing group of Treg, Heidi, and Nancy. Here's how it starts: It’s good to have tradition It’s good to have tradition She said to herself through gritted teeth As she pulled the … Continue reading Project Create 2012 Week Two: It’s good to have tradition
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On Having No Voice
Here's a silly little poem inspired by my current lack of vocal capacity, brought on by either allergies, a cold, exposure to construction dust, or some infernal combination of them all. On Having No Voice How many times do we say We don’t know what to say The words simply don’t appear How many … Continue reading On Having No Voice
Endurance v. Art: And the winner is…
Update: If you were lucky enough to be at the Avolition show on the last Friday night of 2011, you already know. Mike H., Mike N., Andy, Dan, and Rob did themselves, the Demolition 2011 project, and those of us in the audience proud. They played the way we expected them to, with joy and … Continue reading Endurance v. Art: And the winner is…
Creation: It’s contagious (Project Create)
It is, as a friend of mine said, contagious. This idea of committing to doing something crazy and wonderful, like writing fifty-thousand words of a novel in thirty days, or publishing a new demo song each week for a whole year, or walking a labyrinth at least once a day, or getting a short story … Continue reading Creation: It’s contagious (Project Create)
First Novel, Seeking Good Home
Ninety-one thousand words. Three years, six months, fourteen days in the writing (so far). A story that spans thirty years, two continents, three generations, and at least four planets. Two friends who learn what can happen when you decide to trust one another, and of course, follow your dog. It's time for this novel to … Continue reading First Novel, Seeking Good Home
Something worth sharing
As I get closer to arranging my work life with more time for creative projects, and less time for paid work (all donations, contributions, alms, etc accepted with deep and humble gratitude, and I'll spend them on something worthwhile, I promise, no really, I will), I find it's important to support other artists who are … Continue reading Something worth sharing
When you are old, everything reminds you
I read this piece - written to a friend a couple of years ago - at another friend's 50th birthday party tonight. It was great fun to hear his laughter. The last time I bought a hair dryer, Bill Clinton was president. It was early enough in his presidency that we still thought he would … Continue reading When you are old, everything reminds you
The Lovely Quotes
We write what we don't know we know. -Grace Paley Art is transferring feeling from one heart to another. - Tolstoy Only truth can do that. - Andre Dubus III, the author and teacher, probably best known for his novel The House of Sand and Fog, at tonight's compelling and hilarious opening keynote of the Pacific … Continue reading The Lovely Quotes
And we’re off…
I am, anyway. Off work, on vacation for eight weeks. It's already halfway through the first week and I can tell it will all pass in a blink. Whatever happens the next seven and a half weeks, I will be forever grateful to my brother and his friend for the private concert Sunday night, the … Continue reading And we’re off…
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 