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a lovely conversation -
So delighted to hear from Elif Shafak, whose novel Three Daughters of Eve is a deeply meaningful accompaniment to my life right now.
Yes to all the points on craft, as I personally grapple with subject matter and history/herstory, and with creating more space for creative practice, the writing process, and long form in general.
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On Writing the Self
Look closely at the words ‘life story’. Life is made of flesh and blood and breath, and stories are made of words. Translating life into words is one of the most creative acts you can engage in—a virtual act of magic. The pleasure of creating your life in words is a magician’s pleasure.
— Patti Miller, Writing Your Life: A Journey of Discovery, pg. 21
I’m blessed and privileged to be making a business out of my art. …And this doesn’t make navigating capitalism any less of a soul-sucking drag. Skimming this one for clarity and perspective.
The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, 4th ed. by Carol Eikleberry with Carrie Pinksky
via @JonBatiste on YouTube
reverie: n. a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
On Syntax
— Merriam-Webster online dictionary
The old writing that I managed not to trash or delete is thoroughly stowed away in a three-ring binder out of sight. But it is not out of mind. I am only just now realizing that what I found/find so unpleasant, and even cringe-worthy, about my old stories aren’t the ideas or the characters, but the floppy, inconsistent application of language and sentence structure.
What’s exciting about this realization is now I get to figure out how to “firm up” my sentences, if that makes any sense. And, rewrite!
a) a happy discovery, b) research begets research
— “The Oldest Flood Myth and its Origin,” Crecganford YouTube channel, July 9, 2022, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MsAlR_Ltsc
There’s a quote by Paulo Coelho: “The reward for our work is not what we get, but what we become.” For my part, I am becoming, through fiction, a person who remembers and reclaims subjects of taboo and parts of self suppressed, but not extinguished.
“Grab yourself a cup of tea and welcome... Academic videos about ancient mythology and religious history. From Zeus to Zoroastrianism, the Vikings to the Vedas, and from Sacrifice to Spirituality, we explore the stories behind the stories in mythological and religious texts.” — #Crecganford #YouTube
library haul, tues 06/24/25
There Are Rivers in the Sky (2024) by Elif Shafak
Novelist as a Vocation (2015) by Haruki Murakami
Flying Snakes & Griffin Claws (2022) by Adrienne Mayor
African Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters (2022) edited by J. K. Jackson
Plans
“Make up a story. …Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light.”
Toni Morrison, Lecture for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1993, via Goodreads
Sometime next week I’m going to the Museum of Biblical Art in search of language—symbols—that will constitute the body of the novel I’ve set on writing. My hope is to discover the shapes—lines, textures, colors, sensations—that I aim to evoke in prose form.
“…The Museum of Biblical Art (MBA) [is] dedicated to teaching and exhibiting artwork with themes related to the Bible. …Exhibitions include rare maps, illuminated manuscripts, contemporary artwork, oil paintings, fine prints, and biblical archeology.”
via Museum of Biblical Art website
mood on Juneteenth 2025 x 2
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’Aida’, an opera set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt
Streaming this tonight at 9pm with snacks in tow.
Writing Exercise, Wed Jun 11
Two to three pages. Write down your first three memories. Can you make a story out of any of them? Try. Even if you aren’t sure what you remember exactly, keep going. Imagine that you remember more than you do. Expand and rewrite in the third person and forget it’s you. This could be precious material for you. Renowned psychiatrist Alfred Adler thought that first memories reveal the psychological leitmotif of your life. Objective: To begin to write stories that deeply matter to you.
— Josip Novakovich, Fiction Writer’s Workshop (1995), pg. 20
Sunday evenings
the anatomy of it all…
That twist in the upper torso and neck is so gorgeous to me.
via @AnatomyLab on YouTube
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On Performing
“Remember, it is not about you. It’s about the show. The audience deserves the best of the arts, and you are the art they are coming to see. We must always shine our best and give our all. In a very unusual way, every night is an opening night. The audience is walking into an environment filled with [not just] entertainment, but hope and inspiration. And that is our job; to fulfill their dreams.”
— Ben Vereen, The Stage Actor’s Handbook (2022), pg. 59
On Ballet Anatomy
The goal is not the end result, the goal is to be in the process of dancing, of becoming.
— Ballet Master, Deborah Weaver