Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The creation of words

The creation of words can have two origins. One is the experiences of the past, one's learned judgements, one's learned way to create new ideas. The other origin is when one is at an utter loss-totally unprepared, as though the only resource is the current world unfolding. It is the relationship between these two sources- the experienced and the spontaneous flounderer, that matters in the real time writing/speaking. If your writing is genuine, you allow a "dance" to occur between these two origins or modes of writing. This is a skill that should be taught in schools.

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