The Writing Life by Annie Dillard #joyce practical guidance

practical guidance

if I were not here

where soup is a trap for your soul

and the electricity between them causes sparks to fly

cruelty and superstition with a caustic wit and a keen eye

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard #joyce practical guidanceHow do you prepare yourself, all alone, to enter an extraordinary state on an ordinary morning? In The Writing Life, Pulitzer Prize winning author Annie Dillard offers up her own trials in the pursuit of inspiration: the absurdity, the fierce determination and the sacrifices (warm feet; gainful employment; peace of mind). Her perennial guide, which wrestles with the hubris and insanity of the creative process, has been an inspiration and a comfort to