Speaker. Storyteller. Coach.
On a Tuesday three weeks ago, I was in a very dark place. My writing was not going well. The demons were dancing in my head. I sat at my computer screen, mentally listing all my perceived creative failures — one in particular that had stalled last summer and I naturally assumed was my fault — convincing myself I was never going to finish the book and if I did it would be subpar. You get the picture.
“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” — Francis Bacon
I am a huge fan of Amy Poehler’s. Her comedy is very smart and funny — never cruel or mean — and she always makes a serious point, while cracking you up. This past week, she released a video on her Smart Girls channel, where she addresses questions poised by teenagers. Her response to a young woman named Millie about watching images on the Internet works for all of us.
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“Do not hurry; do not rest.” — Goethe
Last night I was driving home very late from a fabulous Moth Mainstage at the Somerville Theater near Boston. There are few things better than a good story well told and the evening was full of them. Driving home, I played the radio very loud to keep myself awake, singing badly along. Then a classic blared: The Rolling Stones, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” I immediately thought of the funeral scene from The Big Chill.