Tag: spirit
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Protected: Of Well-Developed Protagonists, Common Ground and Destiny …
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Protected: Of Rules, Quilts, A Coat of Many Colors, and Knowing …
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Of Reviewers, “Where the Dog Star Never Glows,” and Lifting Spirits…
Author, and editor, Tara Masih recently wrote a blog on the importance of reviewers. Book reviewers provide an invaluable service to writers in both the areas of helping us get the word about about our work–promotion–and emotional support. Mention in Tara’s blog is author and reviewer, Angela Lam Turpin. In addition to writing reviews, Angela…
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Art, The Muse and Beholding The Other…
The Muse then is that most terrified of all the virgins. She starts if she hears a sound, pales if you ask her questions, spins and vanishes if you disturb her dress. We might start off by paraphrasing Oscar Wilde’s poem, substituting the world “Art” for “Love.” Art will fly if held too lightly. Art…
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Fodder for Our Writing…
I attended a Christmas brunch this past weekend. It was wonderful. These kinds of events challenge me. With so many in attendance, over 100, the threat of emotional overwhelm looms large.
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Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon…
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character. But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them? What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel? Certainly obstacles…
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Archetypes and Story
Much like the gods and goddesses of Hinduism and Yoruban spirituality reflect the forces of the human mind and heart, archetypes display aspects and dimensions of character and personality. They show the various degrees of evolution of the human soul from birth to death.