This one was inspired when someone said that she was the shape of a can. Tragic. Sort of like being 006ed.
I’ve posted my sister singing on YouTube. The image/sound isn’t so great, but for a first go of things it’s not so bad.
Over the break I did a ton of organizing, including going through some of my books. Some of my favorites on writing, creativity, or psychology are:
Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg. Filled with little essays to inspire you, slow you down, help you notice the world.
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. A classic in my mind for coining the phrase, “a shitty first draft.”
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Taught me about morning pages, artist’s dates, getting rid of negative blurts, and other invaluable ideas.
And the book that taught me how to organize? A straight-forward book, Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern. It’s how I redid my mother’s studio and my sister’s files: put like with like and then purge, put things in accessible places near where you will use them, label, etc. It may seem obvious, but it helped my writing as well, by helping me figure out how to get my ideas organized.
