“We can’t direct the wind. We can adjust the sails.” — Seen on the door of a sailing club in Provincetown, MA
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The Frantic Days of Summer
I always hope and even expect that summer will move at a slower pace, that I will be refueled and restored, able to face the fall season and my creative work with renewed energy. But alas, once again, time has flown, I’ve worked frantically, and I’m crawling into August exhausted (and way behind on blog posting), hoping I can salvage something of this summer before the hardy mums arrive.
Quote of the Week for August 5
“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” — Henry James
A Life Story Told In Four Minutes With No Words
To date, I’ve written about 15, 000 words in my memoir. In the end, the book will probably contain 60,000+ words, cover my three years at art school, and include several flashbacks. My one-woman show, which covers the same time period, takes 82-minutes to perform. This is why I marvel at the beauty, efficiency and master craftsmanship of the 4-minute montage scene in Pixar’s movie “Up,” which for some reason has been on my mind all week.
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Quote of the Week for July 8
“To see far is one thing: going there is another.” — Brancusi