I'm not sure everyone is factionized. There are one or two issues (one you mentioned) that seem intractable today but who knows. Once the greatest minds on Earth said that rockets could not be reused. I mean that the world is full of difficulties and surprises and it seems to me that a writer needs to disconnect when writing and write the truth as it appears to him or her. I think that is a necessary pre-condition for the writer, in order to experience the difficulties and surprises in the act of writing itself, and in so doing presenting a particular view of the world that may enrich what readers we manage to reach.
I agree! That moment of discovery is why I write. And I believe if there is hope in what we're facing, it absolutely resides in the creative ingenuity of humanity. And I don't think we all need to be on the same page to have that happen. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
You make me want to write! Every time I read a piece of yours I revel in the laugh, love the gasp(s) and every pang of recognition. I feel so presumptuous when I listen to you--what delight! Thank you!
Nicely done. Well-written piece. Clever. Love the wit and authenticity. Faction and fiction; very true! This was my favorite: “I found a truth early on in fiction that was hard to resist. A piece of work where everything I’d like to be true, could be. And when it wasn’t, I changed it. The entire world. Usually into something worse than imaginable. Except by me, of course.”
That’s where we’re at culturally and politically right now, sadly.
I'm not sure everyone is factionized. There are one or two issues (one you mentioned) that seem intractable today but who knows. Once the greatest minds on Earth said that rockets could not be reused. I mean that the world is full of difficulties and surprises and it seems to me that a writer needs to disconnect when writing and write the truth as it appears to him or her. I think that is a necessary pre-condition for the writer, in order to experience the difficulties and surprises in the act of writing itself, and in so doing presenting a particular view of the world that may enrich what readers we manage to reach.
I agree! That moment of discovery is why I write. And I believe if there is hope in what we're facing, it absolutely resides in the creative ingenuity of humanity. And I don't think we all need to be on the same page to have that happen. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
You make me want to write! Every time I read a piece of yours I revel in the laugh, love the gasp(s) and every pang of recognition. I feel so presumptuous when I listen to you--what delight! Thank you!
Thank you so much, Leslie. Please take out a writing implement and have it!! Your words matter. Look, you already made my day with them!
Nicely done. Well-written piece. Clever. Love the wit and authenticity. Faction and fiction; very true! This was my favorite: “I found a truth early on in fiction that was hard to resist. A piece of work where everything I’d like to be true, could be. And when it wasn’t, I changed it. The entire world. Usually into something worse than imaginable. Except by me, of course.”
That’s where we’re at culturally and politically right now, sadly.
I look forward to reading more of your work :)
Michael Mohr
‘The Incompatibility of Being Alive’
https://reallife82.substack.com/
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Looking forward to checking yours out, as well.