About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Off the Cuff / My Other Journal #726292 added June 15, 2011 at 4:41pm Restrictions: None
Talk of the Town
I sometimes watch silly videos. This video is about how the people at the New Yorker process ideas. If you, like me, have a problem with choosing the many ideas that bombard our brains, watching the New Yorker staff sweat over the stuff may make it a bit more fun.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/06/talk-town-interesting-man...
Then, there’s this one, from New York Times, not so silly though somewhat lightweight. Albert Brooks, the actor/director, has written a book and has some plausible ideas on the art of writing fiction. I always listen to ideas on writing fiction, then I go ahead and do whatever fits my mood.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/18/books/review/100000000823231/filmmaker...
*Since I only know how to put in videos from youtube, you'll just have to click on the links. I know I had to get the code but the codes, although available, were too long, and I wasn't sure WdC would support them.
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