Comments | vaneramos: Toward a creed

vaneramos

Toward a creed

Aug 16, 2006 18:49

I am a religious man. These days I rise before 8, make coffee and sit at the morning desk, notebook open, facing the light to ward off shreds of despair, gold weight of sun falling across paper and skin. I write. Writing is my religion, or god, if you will. I depend on it the way others depend on a higher power: for balance, insight, sanity, ( Read more... )

tolerance, religion, mark doty, my own favourite writings, environmentalism, morning pages, writing, annie dillard, atheism, cosmology

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vaysha August 16 2006, 22:57:18 UTC

love.

thank you again for another beautiful entry.
I am not sure I say it often enough but I appreciate you, your presence and your creativity.

vaneramos August 16 2006, 23:04:35 UTC

Likewise, beautiful one, likewise!
Love,
Van

vaysha August 16 2006, 23:42:10 UTC

I went to the library after reading your entry and looked up and picked up the book by mark doty as well as a couple of his works of poetry.
I had enjoyed borrowed time so much by paul monette (worth a read if you haven't done so already) I'm looking forward to sharing this author with you.
Love to you
V

vaneramos August 16 2006, 23:46:28 UTC

Oh thank you! In case it isn't included in the book you signed out, here is the poem by Mark Doty that attracted me to his writing a few years ago.

A green crab's shell

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fivecats August 16 2006, 23:22:50 UTC

Over at drood's LJ today (my favorite LJ writer) there was an all-too brief comment thread about Muses.

I have great respect and admiration for your work. How would you describe your muse? Or, do you feel you have one?

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vaneramos August 16 2006, 23:43:14 UTC

As a university student I had a poster tacked to the wall of my dorm. It showed some shafts of light streaming through a canopy of trees, and bore a few lines from Emerson ( ... )

quirkstreet August 17 2006, 02:18:28 UTC

Thank you for writing this.

vaneramos August 17 2006, 03:25:06 UTC

You're welcome. This one has been brewing for a few days. I'm working at figuring what I'm about again, this time more positively.

tbone1961 August 17 2006, 02:36:53 UTC

YOU are quite a man. I'm not surprised how many connect with you on so many varying levels!!

vaneramos August 17 2006, 03:35:44 UTC

Well thank you. Sometimes I feel like a stranger in a strange land, but I do have some terrific friends.

willowing August 17 2006, 03:30:14 UTC

another beautifully thought-provoking entry and wow, what a photo to match! thanks x

vaneramos August 17 2006, 03:36:43 UTC

You are most welcome!
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