i'm scared to hell about applying to such a wonderful school,but this morning,
after your kind words
and phone calls from dear friends (including the genius)
i'm ready to write.
my brain isn't waiting for my fingers to catch up.
it's a good morning.
though i'm scared to hell.
have a lovely, lovely weekend.
photo by me. down by the river. may 2009.
1 comments:
Ann,
I wanted to write this comment in your blog post about perfectionism, but here will do, too. I think you are a necessary writer, not just a good writer. There are lots of good writers, but maybe not lots of necessary ones. You are necessary because you write things other people are afraid to write; you are brave enough to be vulnerable. Your blog is a haven for people because they can read words on it that they can't read elsewhere. I have suffered with about a year's worth of paralyzing perfectionism, feeling I can't say anything I really mean--that people won't care, all that. Your blog has been inspiring to me as a place of true and courageous honesty that defies the snark and the fake courage of other blogs and books. So thank you for helping us all to be better and braver. If you don't get into Bread Loaf they are cross-eyed ninnies.
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