Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Possibility of Words
Words can create and destroy. They can soothe and rile. They can pull forth the entire range of human emotion, and paint vistas that are beautiful or ugly, and every possibility in between. Words can take the reader to far off and exotic places - whether they exist in reality or not. They can bring the past to life, or illuminate a future. Combined skillfully, words can walk the reader down the corridor of a medieval castle, or the mud strewn ruts of a peasant village. They can send you soaring into the sky on the backs of dragons and plunge you into the abyss of the ocean. Words can be beautiful, mundane, startling, bold, evasive, dangerous...everything is a possibility.
This, perhaps, is why I love writing so much. I dabbled in it as a child, creating poems and ballads, but not until I graduated from university did I begin to devote time to it in earnest, and it has quickly become a passion.
Because that is what I love - I love to create things.
To weave pictures and paint words.
Posted by MWebster at 6:49 AM 3 comments
Labels: becoming a writer, every day, every day living, living, living the every day, possibility of words, writing
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Big Boy and the Little Man
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Labels: adorable dog photos, cute dog photos, dog pictures, hungarian kuvasz, kuvasz photos, living the every day, Tibetan Spaniel, tibetan spaniel photos
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Inferno on the Road
A fire truck and a police cruiser pulled up just before I left, though. Not something you expect to see on the way home from work.
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Labels: car on fire, car on fire outside of gas station, fire truck, living the every day, photos of car on fire, traffic
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ordinary or Extraordinary
The air was a blend of coolness and warmth on Monday. A wonderful day for a walk or two, despite the minute droplets of intermittent rain. We took advantage of the weather to go for a stroll in a local park. It's a place we've been to many, many times. Grasses, trees, flowers, leaves, water... as I explained to a student last week, two people can watch the same sunrise, and see something completely different. To one, it's just a sunrise. To the other, it's dark shadowy clouds dramatically under lit by the rising sun, with a rosy blush throughout. Same sunrise, different perspective.
Same park, different perspective.
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Labels: a walk in the park, living the every day, nature photos, park, park photos, photos of nature, photos of scenery, photos of trees, scenic photos, walk