Been away for a bit- school was hectic for the last week! Finished some books though! Including this!
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Been away for a bit- school was hectic for the last week! Finished some books though! Including this!
For my Shakespeare class this semester we are reading his sonnets. The Pelican editions have the sweetest artwork, and I can think of no one who wrote characters and verse about “playing Cupid” more than Shakespeare. #literarylove
“Bird by Bird” is the only book in this stack I have read twice, and peruse sections of often when I need encouragement about my own writing. Plus, knitting needles. Knitting is another of my pastimes!
#literarylove
Mary Oliver, I adore her. Cried when I heard she passed last month. #literarylove #maryoliver
1. Brace yourselves fellow Littens: I tried to read the first book in the Harry Potter series, but couldn‘t get into it.
2. Both. Cheese and caramel popcorn is the ultimate mix for me.
3. Dorothy, Vernon, Ralph, Louise.
4. Not a huge movie fan. Loved “Little House on the Prairie” on tv though!
5. London!
#friyayintro
“...but that‘s what fantasies are for: they allow you to skip the degradation and head straight to the top.”
1. -24F/ -31.1C with a windchill of -24F/-31.1C, wind only 2mph.
2. 80F/ 26.7C, in a hammock beside a lake.
3. 62F/ 16.7C to help conserve natural gas this week.
4. Any. All-weather reader here!
5. It‘s Iceland, it‘s winter, snuggle in together!
#HelloThursday I am tagging some of the first to follow me from the Welcome Wagon!
pickI mean, it‘s Shakespeare. Sexist? Yes. But damn it has some excellent lines.
“For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently,/ However they have writ the style of gods/ And made a pish at chance and sufferance.”
“In New Orleans the wilderness is sensed as very near, not the redemptive wilderness of western imagination but something rank and old and malevolent.”
It‘s -27 here in Minneapolis (regular temp, not windchill) which has led to the cancellation of my remaining classes this week. Here I am in bed wearing a wool sweater, hat, and flannel pj bottoms under my down comforter. At least I have Joan Didion.
“Sweet with sweets war not, joy delights in joy” - from sonnet 8
This is the first book this semester for my “Textual Analysis” class. Read it in High School once, but that was two decades ago, so re-reading!
I am an English major and Creative Writing minor at the University of Minnesota. This semester I am taking “Shakespeare” and will be reading eight of his plays, as well as most of his sonnets. Here‘s our first for the semester! I love the cover art of these editions!
pickThis book is a must-read for teachers in my opinion. It explores mental illness and learning disabilities (which Saltz refers to as brain differences) and looks at the strengths inherent in each one, as well as mitigating weaknesses. Saltz agreed with research that there is a correlation between brain difference and creativity. She urges people to focus on strengths rather than “fixing” weakness with an 80/20 ratio.
“Had Vincent van Gogh been treated, he would still have been a profoundly brilliant painter, but he likely would have lived a longer life with far less suffering. Without the unique wiring of his brain, though, it is unlikely we would ever have seen such a starry, starry night.”
“...the creative brain needs to balance at ‘the edge of chaos.‘”
This was a birthday gift from one of my besties! I saw it was the BOTM “Book of the Year” winner for 2018, and am looking forward to reading it. I have traditionally not been interested in the subject of mythology, but this looks interesting and as though I may enjoy it! We‘ll see!
I stumbled upon this at my favorite local bookseller here in Minneapolis, Magers & Quinn. I was there to purchase “The Noonday Demon” but this caught my eye and I left with three books, as often happens in bookstores. More research/reading toward my memoir writing!
I read “Noonday Demon” when I was in my twenties, and remember that I loved it. I have decided to re-read it, along with other books, for my research into this “brain-difference-memoir-research” genre as I am writing my memoir this year.
One morning I was having a conversation with my friend whose brain differences closely resemble my own, and we think fairly similarly. We joke that we are “brain twinsies.” I asked if he knew about any research exploring a link between brain difference and creativity/intelligence/genius. Later that day I was in my favorite bookstore to purchase a different book, and saw this!
“One of the most intolerable aspects of depression is the way it insinuates itself everywhere in your life, casting a pall not only over the present, but the past and future as well, suggesting nothing but its own inevitability.”
