Tag: catharsis
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Of Colombiana, Contagion, and Miracles…
“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi I…
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Kim Kircher–“Why Do I Write and What Is My Process?”
Why I Write: Kim Kircher I started out writing as I suspect many do. I was thirteen years old, acne sprouting on my face like mold on month-old cheese, my hair getting frizzier by the minute, the world a cold, damp place. Word son paper became a sort of safe haven for all of my…
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Why I Write | Elaine Crepps
Writing for me is a catharsis. It is a means to channel the pent-up anger, frustration, humiliation and shame, which I have endured for 19 years. The book which I am writing, “This Far by Faith: Racism, Misogyny, Police Brutality, Corruption and the Mafia,” is a testament to the strength of women everywhere who are…
