Writing
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Writing
What I write is all mine, it’s a living thing, it’s an extension of me that wanders out into the world. It is desire turned inwards instead of outwards, focused instead of displaced. It’s a way to access self-knowledge and self-respect.
Ava • how to avoid half-heartedness
“The next day we had a late breakfast and Susie and Lucy began reminiscing. I excused myself and wandered around the grounds, eventually coming upon a high hedge that surrounded a swimming pool. I lay down on a lounger next to the pool and took out my pen and notebook to write, but it was hot, and I soon fell asleep.
After a while, I awoke
... See moreAt some point during this time, I saw an interview with Tranströmer from the early 1980s where the reporter asked how he came up with his poem, “The Open Window.” In the poem, a man is shaving by an open window in the bathroom on the second floor when the razor turns into a helicopter and flies out low across the summer. Tranströmer thought for a b... See more