Should I live long enough to earn the moniker “old man” it will be because men like Leonard Cohen showed me the way. Bless you sir.
A Well Worn Path…
56 reasons why Paul Auster is one of my favorite authors…
“She wasn’t beautiful to me so much as exotic, although that might be too strong a word for what I’m trying to express. An ability to fascinate is probably closer to what I’m looking for, a certain air of self-sufficiency that made you want to watch her, even when she just sat there and did nothing.”
These two sentences are doing some heavy lifting; both character development and exposition done so subtly that this passage could easily be passed over as typical Male Gaze bullshit. I am grateful for the constant rewards I find in reading Mr. Auster.
I can’t help myself…
I should be writing – don’t fret, I have been – but I can’t wait to see this…
A drawing room comedy from Polanski? It looks like the Woody Allen movie that Woody Allen can’t be counted on to make anymore.
Of course, this one looks good to me too:
NaNo Who Mo?
I’ve never done NaNoWriMo. I think the idea that a proper novel can be written in 30 days is silly, and maybe a little insulting. But I am a desperate man. I am desperate for the words, hungry for the rhythm of a good sentence, ravenous for the momentum of building paragraph after paragraph. I need my habit again.
So, I will do this. I will write everyday for 30 days. Short term, the goal is to churn out word count on whatever lights my fire. I’ve plenty of projects to work on, and might even spend some time on this misbegotten blog. The long term goal is to be a writer again. Or, at least feel like less of a fraud.
Okay.
Superheroes…
I’ve recently watched documentaries about three people who inspire me. I look at the narratives of these paragons of principled longevity and wonder if I’m deceiving myself that there’s a reason to keep going. Sometimes, I think this is the best fate I could ever expect.