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Friday, April 15, 2011
Great Writing Quote: Worship By Wrting
"My deepest ambition is to harness this fleeting consciousness, this reality that we think of as ourselves, in order to worship by writing. That sounds very different from what I mean. What I mean is that I think finally writing is an act of prayer, or certainly an act of faith. It needs to be done with increasing craft as you live." -Jeanne Murray Walker, Image, No. 68.
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I subscribe to the enewsletter, but perhaps I need to splurge on the print journal. Or is it a necessity?
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Because of its mix of poetry, fiction, interviews, art criticism (w/the art being discussed) and essays with strong editorials by founding editor Gregory Wolfe you're bound to be blessed by every issue, just some blessings are more memorable than others.
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