in honor of homework-procrastination, i will write a bit.
i worked a total of 27 hours in three shifts at mel's over the weekend; everyone got sick and suddenly i was the superstar waitress and not a willing one at that. however, i still got to see my favorite kids on god's green earth: jarom, bella and orion, who were all sickly,yet needless to say, beautiful and amazing despite the fact. matt and amy -- i really hope you got home safely and i am sorry that your trip was so unbelievably rushed and that i didn't have more comfort and stability to provide you - but i love you guys and we'll see each other soon.
i am obsessed with addie's new cd. for those of you who don't know, she has a complete new album released in a nice recycled case with incredible artwork and lots of pretty tiny details, so check it out on her myspace and be enchated by her songs like i am right now!
meanwhile i am reading gothic novels, preparing for a presentation in class tomorrow, drinking copious amounts of diet coke (do i even need to say that?) and snuggling with kitties under blankets.
but the most important idea running around in my head right now is my "LITERARY MOVEMENT" thing which some or all of you know about but which we need to discuss and embark upon.
please, all of you, start creating from your heart, writings that you wish to give to the world to inspire and change and beautify and sanctify and crash into and ruinate and ruminate and remind and endear and stomp through grassy fields searching for the golden flowers and cloud keys....in other words, let's start to prepare our missives to the world in which we will:
begin to promote a new consciousness
this can be done through fiction as well as fact, prose, poetry, theater, any type of art
it doesn't need to be didactic in tone AT ALL
full of love
encouraging kindness and love and respect for the earth, each other, and all beings...
REINTRODUCE transcentalism in the emersonian ideal
love of the body and soul
harmony and connection
we don't care how cheesy it sounds...
are you getting it? at the heart of this is my assumption that we are all on the same page together in this pursuit...anything you bring up or suggest can be worked into my greater philosophical point here.
essentially i want to start a literary movement like the Romantics (early 19th century) and the Beats (mid-20th century) in a world where a new literary movement seems impossible. i believe that our enthusiasm and pure love for each other can make it happen.
we all need to spend a summer together in a big sprawling house on a river or lake (where? could be anywhere...as long as we are together) creating and playing games and feeding off each other to make great things happen. remember, mary shelley's frankenstein was written in this type of situation, a group of friends staying in a rickety old mansion in italy for a summer. and playing writing games.
i'm talking epic poetry enhanced with illustrations, lyrical songs that transcend pop culture, ramlbing novels, repeating themes, plays, drawings, screenplays, memoirs, essays...
if we have to come up with a new GENRE...that is fine with me!
any ideas?
A Moment in the Sun - a literary journey
2 years ago
4 comments:
Yes, Heather, yes. Let's be the new transcendentalists, it's whatever we make it out to be. (Did you know I visited the Concord School of Philosophy in Cambridge?) Anyway, I'm so ready to do this. Each day I while away my hours--the very brightest hours of the day--in an office, and in a week I'm a year older. I want to do something, to be part of something. And I know and believe that creativity is like a higher extension of the human spirit, in a sense. Creativity's very powerful, it's awakening and enlightening and we all have the same power to reach like young geniuses such as Keats and Kerouac, Capote, McCullers, Eggers and Dylan and so on.
I can't express how much I want to be part of something like this, to escape the 9 to 5 . . .
So here's to expecting more from myself. And all of us!
yeah mattie!!!! we're together on this. unfortunately it might not be a big money maker...but i think we can at least fund our lives if we live modestly for a while until we become FAMOUS for our GREATNESS!!! in the meantime, the way i see it, college will suffice as we each grow and become more confident in our creativity. have you looked at the lyrics of addie's new cd? she's already doing it!! we simply have to MAKE IT HAPPEN....much love and joy to you! heather
I'm only looking to fund my life, not a big money maker at all. (And I'm retarded--in my first comment I said that school was in Cambridge. Nope, that's where Harvard is. The school's in Concord, hence the name, right next to the Alcott house.)
We'll do it. There have been many literary movements, and many of them with interconnected relationships, but we'll be one of the few that includes so many immediate siblings (and then on and outward like spouses, friends, etc.). Anyway, it's so possible, we'll do it. I need to listen to Adie's cd more, but I already love it. I'm so glad we went to that show with you guys! Made the trip so much more crazy and fun.
mattie i love you! It's true, you can you WILL do it.
Heather, I loved that movie Old Joy...
But I am dying for friendship closeby these days. Everyone here is too elitist to be transcendentalist... the two don't mix,... not at first that is. Later, the tr's get a bit stuck up.
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