You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Day 593: 5 Minute Freewrite: Wednesday - Prompt: carnation
All your stories sound so true, so authentic, as if you heard them growing up and internalized them. This one is so sweet!
All your stories sound so true, so authentic, as if you heard them growing up and internalized them. This one is so sweet!
I was always a voracious reader, and my parents and grandparents surrounded me with good stories, both fiction and non-fiction -- and then, they themselves lived (and are living) interesting lives, and were big readers, and their wide circle was also interesting, filled with all kinds of people.. THEN add on top of that a deep sense of what is important and true informed by generations of devout practice of Christianity, which has the redemption aspect so central. I do occasionally write from a darker perspective... history offers many such turns, even if we just deal with, say, the reasons behind the financial crises of the last decade. Plenty of material on that side too. But I am more interested in what is being redeemed out of a dark world, not exploring the darkness itself...
I am more interested in what is being redeemed out of a dark world, not exploring the darkness itself... yes!!! Thank you !!!
Your parents and grandparents raised you well. You are a natural storyteller. You honed your listening skills from a young age - something that is key to the success of Suzuki students. Dr. Suzuki knew that Listening to music played well (and played right, according to the musical score) makes students hear themselves better and understand how they should sound (not just hit the right note written on the page). You have that - you have that innate sense of choosing words and finding a narrative voice, and sounding "real."
Thank you so much... "real" is what I strive for!