Reading on... Wonderful book? Not!!!
At the moment it leads me to wonder if there is a word for writing with your own excrement. On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:17 AM, MarshaV wrote: > > > Hi Steve, > > It took me a while to move with this telling. > > "Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a > field. > "But they're all we have." > > Wonderful book! > > > Marsha > > > > > > >> >> On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Steven Peterson wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >> >> >>> Just finished Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, the latest from the >>> author of Life of Pi--one of my all-time favorites: >>> >>> "Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be >>> real, but it’s true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to >>> emotional and psychological truths. As for nonfiction, for history, it >>> may be real, but its truth is slippery, hard to access, with no fixe >>> meaning bolted to it. If history doesn’t become story, it dies to >>> everyone except the historian. Art is the suitcase of history, >>> carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, >>> art is memory, art is vaccine." >>> >>> “In addition to the knowledge of history...we need the understanding >>> of art. Stories identify, unify, give meaning to. Just as music is >>> noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a >>> story is life that makes sense." >>> >>> Have you read this? I'm not sure what to say about that last bit right >>> now other than that it grabbed me. I'd be interested in hearing your >>> thougts while I wait for the dust to settle. >>> >>> Best, >>> Steve > >> >> On June 1, 2010, at 11:35 PM, Marsha Valkyr wrote: >> >> Hi Steve, >> >> I'll give the book a try. Thanks for the suggestion. >> >> >> Marsha > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
