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yesterday, in comments,   Liz said   "sharing is an intentional act"

so this morning.   upon waking.  still,  the book…Bad Cree.   And i thought about how i don't want it in my mind.   Wish it wasn't there.   and how i had shared it,   put it here.   Do i wish i hadn't?   yes and   No.  because it's a perfect example of something i need to understand,  so as a Journal Page….Good.   But the Sharing?,   too few words.   Not enough words.    

i listened again…5th time….to the NPR interview of her,   young writer of first book Jessica Johns,   and understood it was    Her,  that i wanted to know.   The story i thought i would move through.   move through whatever   "horror" is.   i moved through the final crescendo of horror at the end….skipping fast,  thinking i wasn't taking it in,   but  i did.  enough.  and it was Horror.  and i woke to it.   felt it in my stomach.   and i am thinking.   i always think….about books….,  what is it that the writer wants me to come away with?   So,  this is where i am now.   What is it?,   that she wanted me to come away with.  

so,  there's the Power of the written  word.    and it IS  power.

and there is also,   the Power of cloth.   

 

 

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  1. maria Avatar
    maria

    the power of cloth is in a softer way more powerfull than words

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  2. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    So I went to read the interview and thought….hmmm that’s a book I would read, although the word “horror” puts me off. I am not interested in horror as a genre for the purpose of scaring myself (horror movies make no sense to me). Horror does have a place in writing though…there are things that should horrify us. So I am curious…do you feel like the horror part was purposeful and necessary to the plot?
    And…I think it was in an Austin Kleon post or newsletter…the idea that there are books we love, books we are glad we read but_________, and books we don’t like.

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  3. Liz A Avatar
    Liz A

    there are times I skip over parts in books … sensing what is coming and not wanting to have the mental images that will be formed by that … believing, absolutely, that there is horror in this world, and not needing to be convinced any further that there are things humans are capable of that should never be …
    how is it that there are people willing to inflict horror on others? … and do those who are on the receiving end of it need to tell their truth in order to be able to let it go … to be validated and then somehow try to move on?
    I watched a news clip of smugglers using drones in order to transport drugs across the border … how is it there are those willing to make illicit drugs that will destroy lives? … for what? for money? … why???
    so many questions for which I have no answers

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  4. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    So, I’ve been here so many times already. Not sure what, if anything, to say. So, my disconnected thoughts would be:
    I love these cloths so much. What looks like the dark blue and brown together feels so earthy. I like it very much.
    I don’t think I like horror too much, horror movies – for sure, not my thing. Psychological thrillers even worse. I can’t take those at all. J. likes that stuff more than I do, so thank goodness for my laptop! It makes a good hiding place 🙂
    I agree totally with Liz’s last paragraph…how can people do these things. I keep thinking of the CA case where 6 people were shot in their home, including a 16 year old mom and her little baby. How does one human stand over those two other humans and shot them repeatedly in the head?
    Well, there now I went and ‘shared’ here. sigh

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