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Writing it out

…in spite of doubt

by Jan on July 22, 2010

“The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it’s not without doubt but in spite of doubt.” Rollo May Isn’t that a great way of looking at things. Does it pop out at you like it does at me? Rollo May’s quote literally jumped off the [...]

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Art for a change

by Jan on June 23, 2010

We all create every day, they say. It’s true: we do. You do. And yet: there’s more. I’ve heard it, felt it, sung it, seen it. It’s art in small letters, it’s art with a heart, it’s art for a change. It’s not Art with a capital ‘A’, for all its splendour. It’s not about [...]

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Translucence in writing

by Jan on June 10, 2010

“When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.” James Thurber What lovely words to find as I prepare to set off for Cambo House, and Joanna Paterson’s writing retreat!

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More than living

by Jan on May 24, 2010

I must write it all out at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Now the sun is shining here in Yorkshire, now the air is finally warming up, now the air becomes scented, now the cacophony of bird and insect life [...]

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On value and recognition

by Jan on April 26, 2010

We know so well, don’t we, all that stuff about change having to happen within ourselves. That it doesn’t matter what others think.  That what matters is what we believe to be true? It’s undoubtedly the case. Yet at the same time it helps when we get affirmation and recognition from others.  Recognition of that [...]

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