Lissa M. Cowan

Writerly musings and artful ephemera

[lissamcowan]

Day 8: The Duck Charmer #The100DayProject #100DaysofHands #duckling #cuteness

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Day 7: The Writer #The100DayProject #100DaysofHands #writer #write #dailypractice #creative #creativity #creativespace

[annfriedman]

Handwritten note to self by Octavia Butler.

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What writing stirs inside you for 2016? #writing #writing projects #2016 #creative #creativity

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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions. -Jane Austen #handwritingmatters

[soyaventurera]

Nature is wild and serene and so am I.

“The Radiance Sutras” translated and interpreted by Lorin Roche (via soyaventurera)

[explore-blog]

A book without women is often said to be about humanity but a book with women in the foreground is a woman’s book.

Rebecca Solnit’s magnificent response to Esquire’s “manly” reading list. Also see Solnit on what reading does for the human spirit.  (via explore-blog)

[lissamcowan]

Today, I choose to use my purchasing power for good. I #ChooseArtisan. http://thndr.it/1i0bK2H

[lissamcowan]

Guillermo del Toro's Guide to Gothic Romance - Rookie

The "Crimson Peak" director Guillermo del Toro shares his guide to Gothic romance.

The director, producer, and screenwriter lists the Gothic romances that influenced him and his new film, Crimson Peak.

[lissamcowan]

Such a lovely birthday!! Thx for all the birthday wishes

[upworthy]

7 things that doodling does for you that will probably make you want to start doodling again

Doodling can seem like a frivolous symptom of a scatterbrain. Or maybe it’s a scary prospect because you feel like you can’t draw. But it’s time to let both of those ideas go.

Shelley Paul and Jill Gough, two learning design educators, have taken the call to doodle into their classrooms. Armed with research and some colored pencils, they’ve come out with some hands-on experience that really illustrates why doodling is the jam.

So here are seven things doodling can do for you.

[nyrbclassics]

“For me, words are musical objects.”

Lawrence Kramer, editor of the NYRB Poets edition of Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, was interviewed about the sonic elements of Whitman’s Civil War poems for an episode of WBUR’s Open Source. The episode also includes an interview with composer Matthew Aucoin about his latest work, Crossing, an opera based on Whitman’s Civil War diary, Lisa New on Whitman’s Brooklyn youth, readings by actor Ben Evett, and remarks from Harold Bloom on why Whitman is “the most magnificent American poet.”

You can listen to the entire episode above (Kramer’s segment begins around the 31:40 mark) or right here. 

[naomimaria]

Happy Monday, y’all.

Apparently my rainbow sprinkle donut is pretty popular right now and brought in many new followers.

Thank you and welcome!

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[samanthadoodles]

Darling, it’s cold outside.

[lissamcowan]

#joy #merrychristmas #happy holidays

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Interview by Luisa Cotardo conducted in 1995. Transcript and background: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/11/jeff-buckley-interview/ Recording courtesy of Luisa Cotardo (http://luisacotardo.tumblr.com) for Brain Pickings (http://www.brainpickings.org)