Words can do anything you want them to do. They are an all-around transformational power literally at your fingertips. You can caress them and lay them gently into a treasure box, or you can shoot them out to stars. Praxis, … Continue reading Why Write? Praxis (Part 7 of 7)
“Why Write? Skills (Part 5 of 7)” Whatever you write will be left for eternity, so you should write everything with sincerity. Imagine your audience will hang up your words like a work of art. In order to become skilled … Continue reading Why Write? Skills (Part 5 of 7)
Words can do anything you want them to do. They are an all-around transformational power literally at your fingertips. You can caress them and lay them gently into a treasure box, or you can shoot them out to stars. Praxis, … Continue reading “Why Write? Praxis (Part 7 of 7)”
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Those words got style, power, and lots of love. They are simple words, not overly intellectual, but they encapsulate our entire existential … Continue reading “Why Write? Style (Part 6 of 7)”
Whatever you write will be left for eternity, so you should write everything with sincerity. Imagine your audience will hang up your words like a work of art. In order to become skilled in this martial art, you must practice. … Continue reading “Why Write? Skills (Part 5 of 7)”
Be good to the mountains, and they will be good to you. We write to know ourselves, to fight against ourselves, and to return somewhere inside of ourselves where we have never been. It all happens simultaneously. Evolution is a … Continue reading “Why Write? Imagination: Evolution, Revolution, and Roots (Part 4 of 7)”
Today I travel into my 20th year of teaching, learning, and sharing at City College of San Francisco. This is not simply my job; this is my life. This semester, like all past semesters, we will share some life, even … Continue reading “Why Write? Consciousness and Courage (Part 3 of 7)”
Fact and Fiction In the middle ofThe sentenceThe street He panickedHe smiledHe asked himself “AmIWriting the story orIs the story writingMe?” The Word is power. It is the primary staple of official intellectual and political power on planet earth—e.g. laws, … Continue reading “Why Write? Power: Fact and Fiction (Part 2 of 7)”
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