[stylist] Quote to ponder

[Lynda Lambert]

I think it is impossible that a reader cannot bring their "stuff" to the 
work. We create it, and then it is sent out into the world. And, god knows 
what happens to it after that!  lol   We all bring our own history to 
everything we see, hear, touch, smell, etc.  That is why contemporary art 
and writing is such a barrier to the reader - it takes a lot of knowledge 
and "history" to even begin to work through the difficult things.
Lynda



Lynda ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder


> Bridgit,
> Is he saying that the illusion is the writer's belief that they are
> communicating "x" and that the reader, bringing to each work their own 
> life
> experiences, gleens "y?" I think that's true, but I still believe in 
> trying
> to communicate precisely whatever I'm trying to get across, but I enjoy 
> the
> fact that readers get things out of it that I didn't think I was
> communicating -- hopefully tangential and not diametrically opposite. 
> *grin*
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Pollpeter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:13 PM
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [stylist] Quote to ponder
>
> Thought I'd post another quote to spark some discussion. This comes from 
> one
> of the writers I featured in the creative nonfiction lesson.
>
> "Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize its just 
> an
> illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it."
> David Sedaris
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy,
> we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world."
> C. S. Lewis
>
>
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