I finally finished reading Jane Yolen's Take Joy: A Book for Writers. I'd recommend it to anyone who pursues the art of writing. Some of Yolen's thoughts:
"Literature is a textual act between consenting individuals."
"Sacred in story has to do with that moment you are reading and suddenly the hairs on your arms and the back of your neck rise up. The moment when you and the story ascend a level of humanity and touch the very hem of heaven."
"We write not just to show off, to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves."
Writing has helped me to know myself better my entire life, but lately it's helped me to know things I didn't before even consider as part of me. Some of which aren't so welcome. Like the fact that I often sacrifice the unfolding of creativity to the restraint of time. Or the fact that I sometimes measure a day's worth by whether anything occurs that is interesting enough to record. I'm curious how my fellow classmates have come to know themselves through their writing this semester?
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