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Storytelling
And so we do. But our notebooks give us away, for however dutifully we record what we see around us, the common denominator of all we see is always, transparently, shamelessly, the implacable “I.” We are not talk ing here about the kind of notebook that is patently for public consump tion, a structural conceit for binding together a series of grace... See more
Joan Didion • On Keeping A Notebook
— Grandma, how to do deal with pain?
— With your hands, honey. If you do it with your mind in place to relieve the pain, it becomes even harder.
— With our hands grandma?
— Yes. Our hands are the antennae of our soul. If you move them by weaving, cooking, p... See more
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We think we tell stories, but stories often tell us, tell us to love or to hate, to see or be blind. Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning. The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and to hear silence, to name them, and the
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“To a certain extent, stories can enclose you and lock into a narrative. But to a certain extent, stories give you the means of escape. There is always new stories to tell.” — Scott narrates in the Hollywood Con Queen documentary
In other words, the hard part isn’t writing, or coding, or speaking.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.