Yes! I need to watch this (supposed to be making a film for my Actual Job right now, but coffee break and reading required)! Just read Lily's letter to you, Anna, and struck by the congruences in your words, despite not knowing what Lily might write to you. How fascinating. You are clearly vibing with one another.
I really appreciate the way that you are framing writing honestly about the dark or challenging stuff of life. It's not sensational, it's a vital means by which we turn towards that which still has the potential (perhaps until we tame it in our work) to harm us and the ones we love.
Yes, we do seem rather to be on a theme at the moment, don’t we? I didn’t even realise that until this post was published... but then as you say, these thoughts are universal among writers. Hope you liked the lobster video.
Love how you too are thinking in metaphor, Anna. It’s so much more compelling to think of the lobster than just straight words. This makes a huge lot of sense. I also love that you stumbled so freely into your Ted Talk … and pulled it off. I have to do a 15 min talk in April on film and I feel I need to start prepping for it now!
I have not watched the video yet, I will soon. Just wanted to pop in the comments, the funny conversation I had with my husband after the workshop. He had asked how it had gone and I started by saying I felt a little like an imposter among actual writers, then told him about the sex writing...I'd be good at that, he said, I used to read lots of erotic stories. This was news to me, although not surprising!
Yes! I need to watch this (supposed to be making a film for my Actual Job right now, but coffee break and reading required)! Just read Lily's letter to you, Anna, and struck by the congruences in your words, despite not knowing what Lily might write to you. How fascinating. You are clearly vibing with one another.
I really appreciate the way that you are framing writing honestly about the dark or challenging stuff of life. It's not sensational, it's a vital means by which we turn towards that which still has the potential (perhaps until we tame it in our work) to harm us and the ones we love.
Yes, we do seem rather to be on a theme at the moment, don’t we? I didn’t even realise that until this post was published... but then as you say, these thoughts are universal among writers. Hope you liked the lobster video.
Love how you too are thinking in metaphor, Anna. It’s so much more compelling to think of the lobster than just straight words. This makes a huge lot of sense. I also love that you stumbled so freely into your Ted Talk … and pulled it off. I have to do a 15 min talk in April on film and I feel I need to start prepping for it now!
Well i don’t recommend my ‘winging it’ methods. It’s quite a stressful way to live!
Agreed. And all too easy to fall into with our busy lives.
I have not watched the video yet, I will soon. Just wanted to pop in the comments, the funny conversation I had with my husband after the workshop. He had asked how it had gone and I started by saying I felt a little like an imposter among actual writers, then told him about the sex writing...I'd be good at that, he said, I used to read lots of erotic stories. This was news to me, although not surprising!
Oh! You learn something new every day!