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July 1, 2008
Happy Canada Day.
If you ever get a chance, grab and read a paper by Charles Taylor entitled "Language and Human Nature". According to my photocopy it can be found in Human Agency and Language, Philosophical papers, Vol1: Cambridge University Press, 1985. That makes it sound old, But it reads like a detective thriller; This Taylor guy is all about pace, pace, pace, and he strings his ideas together gracefully and compellingly. It's a good read.
A very dear Friend of mine once gave me a copy of The Artist's Way. It suggests that anyone who wants to nurture their artistic side write something called "the morning pages", that is, three pages of text written pretty much as soon as you get up. For the third time since I got the book, tomorrow I'm going to try and follow that advice. I may let you know how it goes; this seems like the place to talk about process, even if I'm getting no results.
One other thing: This day is bittersweet to me. Although it could change in literally in the time it takes to make a penstroke, as I write I'm still not recognized here. People confuse facts with truth when often they are mere details; I love this land, I love the people in this land, I care about their future and I share their values as I understand them. And in that spirit I wish anyone reading this today that same love in their own lives and in the people and places they turn to to remind them who they are.
Happy Canada Day.
Posted by daruma at July 1, 2008 1:47 AM | (265 Words)