tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post6161401811817190188..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: The Exercise of Writing: "Do something fabulous with what you've got."Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-77979584619416675222008-01-24T09:31:00.000-05:002008-01-24T09:31:00.000-05:00I'm really loving this whole series. I don't feel ...I'm really loving this whole series. I don't feel much of a connection of my body to my writing while writing, but I do think my brain works on stuff without my knowing it while I'm working out. Thanks for all your thoughts!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-44820130104392880872008-01-24T05:21:00.000-05:002008-01-24T05:21:00.000-05:00Music, now... I do see that link. Definitely. And ...Music, now... I do see that link. Definitely. And I see music as physical, completely. So obviously I just take a roundabout route.<BR/><BR/>I'm so fixed on the link between music and writing that I can't even start writing properly until I've found a set of songs/pieces that 'fit' the story. Sort of like arranging the soundtrack before shooting the movie.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-14011032184970265012008-01-23T20:37:00.000-05:002008-01-23T20:37:00.000-05:00What a nice couple of interviews y'all have set fo...What a nice couple of interviews y'all have set forth. And completely fascinating for a sporadic exerciser. (Unless you count showering...) So interesting that the lyrical comes easier for you, Liz. That's the absolute hardest for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-22446304698465818952008-01-23T18:47:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:47:00.000-05:00Amy, yeah for the duff being uh...unduffed! Liz, T...Amy, yeah for the duff being uh...unduffed! <BR/><BR/>Liz, THANK YOU. It was so much fun to have you (and your plaid shirt) on my blog today. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I went AAWWW when I heard (at your blog) that the shirt was an old one of your granddads...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-45316023655613849112008-01-23T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-23T18:39:00.000-05:00We're remodeling now, to make room for ya'll ;)Tha...We're remodeling now, to make room for ya'll ;)<BR/>Thanks for hosting me today, Sara. It was fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-37792069946805189722008-01-23T16:39:00.000-05:002008-01-23T16:39:00.000-05:00Well, I got off my duff yesterday and .... did lau...Well, I got off my duff yesterday and .... did laundry, but today I will do a little core work just for you guys!Amy Hanekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948641570199768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-42202525337834233892008-01-23T12:15:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:15:00.000-05:00Jama, I know. Doesn't Liz have room so we can all ...Jama, I know. Doesn't Liz have room so we can all move in with her? :)Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-36285435936228645362008-01-23T11:46:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:46:00.000-05:00Ha! Kelly, I musta missed that Oprah, 'cause I wou...Ha! Kelly, I musta missed that Oprah, 'cause I wouldn't have forgotten THAT. (Actually, I'm not a big Oprah watcher, at all.) <BR/><BR/>And Kelly, come on now...doesn't your marvelous singing voice come from your body? And isn't music like poetry? Why can't they emerge from the same place?<BR/><BR/>Nick, I love that last sentence. And your ever-inquisitive attitude toward yourself and your writing...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-37037331926789396502008-01-23T11:43:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:43:00.000-05:00Loved reading all about Liz. I want her to adopt m...Loved reading all about Liz. I want her to adopt me! <BR/><BR/>I can see why Nick and Kelly have a hard time embracing the concept of writing coming from the body. All I know is,any creative act involves a "flow" of energy. Anything we feel or experience affects the body in a physiological way. Our cells are storehouses. Any form of exercise keeps that flow going, and helps to unblock channels.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-86463737745122802882008-01-23T11:07:00.000-05:002008-01-23T11:07:00.000-05:00What's odd is that although on a conscious level I...What's odd is that although on a conscious level I'm with Kelly (Fineman), in that I don't feel a physical connection with my writing, it's striking when I read my own stuff and see just how prominently the physical is featured. In fact I've done two whole novels now in which the central premise is basically 'physical actions feeding back into the spiritual self' (if that makes any sense!). So at some level I'm 100% behind this concept. I just don't feel it myself. Maybe it's just like not being able to see the back of your own head.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-67361625798405565362008-01-23T10:41:00.000-05:002008-01-23T10:41:00.000-05:00I am enjoying reading your back and forth posts th...I am enjoying reading your back and forth posts this week. I don't think that writing can come from the body any more than I believed it when the OB/GYN on Oprah told women to smile with their hoo-hoos, but that is simply the skeptic in me, I'm afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com