![]() ![]() But the writer’s job is to see what’s behind it, to see the bleak unspeakable stuff, and to turn the unspeakable into words-not just into any words but if we can, into rhythm and blues.” Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. Otherwise, you’ll just be rearranging furniture in rooms you’ve already been in. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. To do this work, writers often need to confront the extremes of human emotion: “We write to expose the unexposed. One of Lamott’s key messages is that writing is hard: “Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong.” (Possibly you also need some cranberry shrub.) ![]() If you are feeling stuck, empty, or maybe even angry at your late-2018 self for making all of those stupid shiny resolutions for 2019, then Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life may be just the tonic you need. Have you settled back into work, creative and otherwise, after those long drifty days at the end of the year? ![]()
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