Andrew Blackman
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8 December 2009
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3:12 pm
Thanks Michelle, that’s a good one! I think wonder is absolutely necessary – if you can look at ordinary things like a child, with wonder and amazement, then you can describe them in a fresh way, and see in them the things that most of us miss through familiarity.
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
“Central to natural writing is an attitude of wonder.”
~Gabriele Lusser Rico~
Thanks Michelle, that’s a good one! I think wonder is absolutely necessary – if you can look at ordinary things like a child, with wonder and amazement, then you can describe them in a fresh way, and see in them the things that most of us miss through familiarity.