On my bad days, I sometimes wonder what philosophers are for.
Part of being a writer is feeling that constant dissatisfaction, thinking about what else you could do, and also knowing when it's time to leave a project.
The act of language or the act of denying language carries its own heaviness.
There's relief in white space for the reader.
Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more to the text.
Another obligation that I have as a teacher is to make available to students a range of options and devices and approaches, rather than saying "well here's one way to do it and that's the only way that's good. "
Even in so-called realist or conventional writing there can be defamiliarization.
Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.