Winner in the GLBT category
Hello you all,
rainy day here,
in my beautiful ugly.
Please don’t think,
I’m complaining,
I’m not,
give me rain over,
sticky dank heat,
any day.
My work in progress,
is progressing,
more and more notes,
adding up,
a memory stick full of pictures,
hell,
I even created a twitter account,
check it out,
join me,
https://twitter.com/bookishbutch
Austin Kleon’s book,
Show your work,
suggested it was,
the favorite social media,
of writers.
Early days,
but,
I can see enjoying it,
and,
it will help with impulse control,
“gotta’ control yourself,
or those 140 words,
can get you in trouble
🙂
I just finished reading,
Gender Failure,
by Ivan E. Coyote and Rae Spoon,
a must read people,
will give you much to ponder,
and,
make you laugh and cry,
lots of emotion,
lots of thought,
two astute minds,
collaborating to serve up,
a truly excellent book.
I think you all know,
the love and respect I have for Ivan,
a butch idol of mine,
respect brother.
Rae Spoon,
I am less familiar with,
but,
equally impressed with,
the journey and grit that lead to this,
place,
yes,
impressive.
It brought forth many questions,
I never realized,
I had about the trans experience,
if I can put it this way, but, actually that kind of, a ridiculous way of putting, because the experience is different for everyone,
all part of the vast,
human experience.
It made me think,
and,
feel,
and that is what I value,
above all else,
in a book.
I saw their show,
Ivan and Rae’s,
Gender Failure,
last year with my friend, Francoys,
and so looked forward to reading,
and discussing it with him.
(:
Don’t think for a moment,
“well, I saw the show, I know what the book is about”
it is a very different ‘creature’
both are excellent and complimentary in my opinion.
The show left a lasting impression,
I have discussed it with people,
and,
pondered on it,
many times,
since.
The book opened up a door,
Fran Lebowitz,
one of my all time favourite writers and speakers,
discusses this concept in a talk on Jane Austen,
A book should not be a mirror but a door.
By this she means it shouldn’t be about you,
or recognizing yourself,
but, a door to another world,
another world view,
a glimpse into someone else’s,
human experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujjJlT9cCts
I have read all of Ivan’s work,
’tis love,
and,
now I want to explore,
more of Rae’s,
they appeal to me,
very much,
and,
force me,
in a joyful way,
to explore my thoughts,
confront my acquired ideas.
That rocks
🙂
Austin Kleon in his,
Steal Like An Artist,
and,
Share Your Work,
advises you to learn everything,
there is to know about artists who you love,
learn all their work.
I’ve been doing this for years, but, it is nice to see it articulated, I guess.
Ivan is right up at the top of artists and work I love.
A worthy book.
and this morning,
I came upon this,
on upworthy via face book
proof there isn’t only crap on fb
It added to my thoughts,
once you start,
chewing, marinating and pondering,
on a subject,
stuff turns up,
nice that,
so here is the link
Let me know what you all think,
about all this,
I’m off to steal and share.
Be well.
Later girls,
BB