Fridays at The Variegated Life: on what I’ve read or am reading …
Still reading Fall Higher by Dean Young. Still baffled, still moved. And, honestly, I’m also still struggling with my commitment problem with books.
Meanwhile, I’ve been thinking about this post by Renee at FIMBY, in which she meditates on the idea that her writing and reading are at the edge of her personal growth. I commented:
What does it mean that I have a hard time finishing anything that I’m reading? That is, what does it mean, other than that I have two small children? Something’s going on there that I should look at.
Something going on, indeed. Am I trying to read the wrong things? Or am I afraid of the edge?
What are you reading?
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I was surprised to find myself pondering… I’m not sure I’m actually *reading* anything at the moment, which is astonishing. Although I have a whole bunch of things I started to read as e-books and then forgot about because I didn’t use my phone/ereader for about a month.
I am working through The Art of the Book Proposal by Eric Maisel, which is Not Much Like reading at all.
Ah! I remember… I just read “Re-enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Comes to the West”. I would recommend it.
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Great question. I am working on a post about this exact thing. I will back to you. I am scared of the edge and starting anew without half a book waiting in the queue.
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I just finished re-reading the Foundation trilogy and have started on a non-fic called “The Abusive Personality”, which is probably pretty dry if you aren’t in the mental health field. Sometimes I have to stop reading for stretches because I’m saturated: I’ve absorbed all I can and I need to spend more time on out-put then input, not necessarily writing just creating in general- whether that’s changing my space, experimenting with non-verbal mediums, or whatever. Oh, and Pookie and I reading “Little House in The Big Woods”.
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