Reader, you may call what you see here my blog, but the truth is that what I create here is not a blog, not exactly. It’s rather my ruminations and conversations, which are lively, kindly even in their silliness, and which are built always upon the bedrock of my devotion to the written word as … Read more
Books being the original internet, I’ve followed an analog hyperlink from Ray Bradbury’s lovely Zen writing manifesto to discover another treasure trove of wisdom — Dorothea Brande’s (1893–1948) altogether indispensable “Becoming a Writer.” I’ve ravenously devoured all of it and want to share one fragment that seems to me of profound importance, for it not … Read more
My reading adventures take me to the most breathtaking places on earth. That’s why I want to share with you some notes from one of my latest tours to Greece, which is famous for giving us the myth of Narcissus and Echo, the myth of Eros and Psyche, the myth of Medusa and Perseus, the … Read more
“I selected the above title, quite obviously, for its shock value,” Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920–June 5, 2012) writes in his book “Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You,” a vibrant collection of essays celebrating manifold ways we can harness the power of our imagination. “Now, while I have you … Read more