Words of Encouragement
Todays rant will take the form of an email of encouragement that I planned to send to one of my favorite writers. Unfortunately I could not find his email address. Hopefully through the vagaries of the internet this will find him somehow. If not you might find it of use. I've not named the author here out of respect, but those familiar with his work should know who I'm talking about:
I noticed on your website the banner "mourning for America". While I certainly understand the feelings of disappointment (I feel them to after all), I cannot indulge myself in grief. Mourning is for soemthing that is dead. America is not dead. You wrote on your site about how books have offered you solace. Here is a lesson I've taken from some of Tolkien's: the darker the road becomes the harder it becomes to persevere, but the higher also are the stakes of turning aside before the task is come.
You wrote that Winter is here for America. That may be so, but I'm from Buffalo NY, and in Buffalo we don't back away from snow and ice, and freezing rain, we weather it. You write characters of the frozen north well so I know you understand the mentality.
I hope all this provides some comfort to you. If not at least it has made me feel better.
I noticed on your website the banner "mourning for America". While I certainly understand the feelings of disappointment (I feel them to after all), I cannot indulge myself in grief. Mourning is for soemthing that is dead. America is not dead. You wrote on your site about how books have offered you solace. Here is a lesson I've taken from some of Tolkien's: the darker the road becomes the harder it becomes to persevere, but the higher also are the stakes of turning aside before the task is come.
You wrote that Winter is here for America. That may be so, but I'm from Buffalo NY, and in Buffalo we don't back away from snow and ice, and freezing rain, we weather it. You write characters of the frozen north well so I know you understand the mentality.
I hope all this provides some comfort to you. If not at least it has made me feel better.