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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you read a book slowly and get lost in it, what did you find that skimming would have stolen from you?”
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Came across this James Baldwin clip on my Facebook feed. He said: “Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.... Cozy Mysteries
For comfort reading at the moment I'm going through the Agatha Christie Poirot novels in order. They're a blast, I highly recommend. I also recently watched the third Knives Out movie, "Wake Up Dead Man".... - onHow to really tick me off as a fiction writer, and part 2 of my review of Carr's multiply named novel.by
How would you feel about a book of plot twists about breaking the fourth wall? I mean, what if the mystery was about searching for a fundamental or stable world instead of being a straightforward traditional mystery, written in that Holmes/Christie style......giving a nod maybe... - Arun...
Reading as Interaction, as Encounter
This is something I've been reflecting on, and which I wish had been shown/taught to me earlier. I used to think of books as something like repositories. Of knowledge stuff, of stories, of experience. And so reading was like a process of extraction.... Making sense of "Love Money, Money Loves You"
At work the book "Love Money, Money Loves You" by Sarah McCrum came up, so I read it. Broadly speaking, I don’t recommend it. It gestures toward some perspectives I think will be very personally rewarding, on topics including: value, service, exchange, agency, and happiness.... - Loopy...
authentic expression
hello, i'm glad to be here. i'd like to know what is important and meaningful to the people reading this, and so that would start with me going first.... A big element of fictional power fantasies is having a clear and compelling identity and taking direct action toward goals. This explains why many evil characters are loved even though they are emotionally dysfunctional mob bosses with a terrible home life, or bitter, pathetic,... - Anna...
Hhello everyone, I read some of your introduction into this group and was interested in all that you had to say. I am considered an introvert, I love reading Novels. Watching old Movies, sitting on the porch and being a silent observer. I once was considered a quiet child.... - Arun...
I love this invitation! So here's a little riff that I call "Diptych: A Poetry" ~ poetry is dead ~ jesus is dead elvis is dead buddha is dead vonnegut is dead muhammad (ali) is dead god is dead poetry is dead ~ poetry will never die ~ in all my lifetimes in each moment in every... - david...
Kudos to the Uptrusting Team. I'm following some of the suggested links that are showing at the bottom of my posts and comments. This is one of those. I didn't come across this post when it was originally written, but it is just the kind of thing that is right up my alley.... She laid down to JUST REST HER EYES but woke to discover that she Napped Way Too Long Again
http://www.jordanmallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image-1.png In this thread, I will be serializing Claude writing this book.
Isn't It Ironic?
Don't you think? A little toooo ironic. I really do think. This site where we are upping trust lets users post under a pseudonym. Every time I see a post or comment from a pseudonym, screen name, handle, what have you, after first wondering if it's another godforsaken AI bot... - Editec...