Can't wait to read Margaret Atwood's newest novel, THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD-- what she calls "speculative fiction," aka literary science fiction. The story includes God's Gardeners "a religion devoted to the melding of science, religion, and nature, which has long predicted a disaster. " Atwood has always been smart about the promotional aspects of novel writing as well. [I hear she invented a kind of pen that allows authors to virtually autograph books.I kid you not.] She is on Twitter and has a stunning website for THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD.
There, you can nominate a "flood saint."
And now on to "Being" in the moment.For those of us who find writing a spiritual practice:
I love this quote from Virginia Woolf [thanks to Dani Shapiro's terrific blog about writing, which features this quote]:
Every day includes much more non-being than being. This is always so. One walks, eats, sees things, deals with what has to be done; the broken vacuum cleaner; ordering dinner; washing; cooking dinner. When it is a bad day the proportion of non-being is much larger.-- Virginia Woolf
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Yes, painfully true about hours and days ticking away. And it is the summation of non being and being that makes a day, good or bad. ~bangchik
ReplyDeleteHmm...nominate a "flood saint"--sounds intriguing. I wonder what "saintly" attributes would lead to one being canonized as such? Did you nominate one? Thanks for the recommendation.
ReplyDeleteI didn't nominate one yet,but I love the idea!
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