Semi-colons are so pretentious, aren't they? My college friend and I used to joke that a difference between a B paper and an A paper was a semi-colon in the title. Academics love semi-colons. And, pretentious or not, so do I.
This weekend, I will be partaking in Verbatim this Saturday night at the Bartlett, a super cool fundraiser for INK Art Space. I am so excited about it!
That's a half lie. I am so excited to see other people's collaborations and, until a couple of days ago, was completely regretting that I agreed to do it because, oh yeah, I have an infant and am working and trying to keep my postpartum hair clumps from joining with our cats hairballs in the corners of every room (it's a loosing battle) . But, when asked, I said to myself a lot of women do so much, and so effortlessly. Especially women with awesome, helpful partners, like I've got. So i said yes. But my partner also said yes.
When I sat down to start, I remembered that on top of being busy, I am a terribly unoriginal writer and not funny or profound or heart-breaking or any of the things good writers are. But I started anyways. Then, as often happens, I stumbled across a few internet gems that set me straight.
First, this FB post from Elizabeth Gilbert. I know that she gets a lot of flac from the literary community for Eat, Pray, Love, but the lady is legit. And she's a big advocate for artists to get to it and do their work. She's has this TED talk I've watched more than my fair share.
This weekend, I will be partaking in Verbatim this Saturday night at the Bartlett, a super cool fundraiser for INK Art Space. I am so excited about it!
That's a half lie. I am so excited to see other people's collaborations and, until a couple of days ago, was completely regretting that I agreed to do it because, oh yeah, I have an infant and am working and trying to keep my postpartum hair clumps from joining with our cats hairballs in the corners of every room (it's a loosing battle) . But, when asked, I said to myself a lot of women do so much, and so effortlessly. Especially women with awesome, helpful partners, like I've got. So i said yes. But my partner also said yes.
When I sat down to start, I remembered that on top of being busy, I am a terribly unoriginal writer and not funny or profound or heart-breaking or any of the things good writers are. But I started anyways. Then, as often happens, I stumbled across a few internet gems that set me straight.
First, this FB post from Elizabeth Gilbert. I know that she gets a lot of flac from the literary community for Eat, Pray, Love, but the lady is legit. And she's a big advocate for artists to get to it and do their work. She's has this TED talk I've watched more than my fair share.
Second, and maybe less inspirational for me, is this TED talk (I'm a teacher. We love TED talks with an obnoxious passion.) I camped out in a bookstore and read his book, Steal like an Artist, a while ago. This was a nice refresher. And was quite inspirational the first time around.
So, if you're free and looking for something free to do in Spokane this Saturday night, come to Verbatim and watch Tim, I, and sixteen other artists bite the fear bullet and throw some work out there into the world.