I know I'm probably bombarding you with quotes. I wish to write more but am currently into the throes of book writing. So this will do for now. My old journals continue to give me little sparks of excitement. If you haven't already done so take a trip with "The Cheese Monkeys" by Chip Kidd. It may push you out of your habitual ways of reacting. Or not. The character of Winter Sorbeck had many similarities to my teacher Ross Mendes. The kind of person that throws your brain for a loop on a daily basis. He commands you to pay attention.
"You are a designer. You have to eat the world with your eyes. You must look at everything as if you are going to die in the next five minutes, because in the relative scheme of things, you are. You can't miss a trick." -Winter Sorbeck
"I read Catcher in the Rye a little too late, when I was just past the rebellious stage." -- I know what you mean. I read that book in my teens, having heard that it was The Book... but I was never much of a rebel, and so felt I had missed the point. I waited until late in my university years & read it again - that time I felt so distanced from it, more along the lines of what you felt, shaking Holden and saying "what are you DOing"... but what a great exploration of growing up and trying to find your place. That said, I like Franny & Zooey better - I think it's worth a second read, especially at a different stage in your life, when you've forgotten how the story goes.
Posted by: Lindsay on February 6, 2004 01:24 PMLopie,
I am working on another activity book, but this time for an 8-12 age group. As I write that I find it kind of silly, that is the publisher's requirement. I write for myself really, for my 5-33 year old mind.
The book has a focus on paper crafts, and punch-outs. And that's all I'm saying about it. I don't think they want me saying too much about a 'work in progress'. Silly to though it is to me.
more later
Posted by: keri on February 6, 2004 12:38 PMWhat kind of book are you writing, miss Keri? I'm excited already!
Keri,
I just got the latest copy of Veer and inside was a little booklet on the HOW Design Conference. I looked through the list of people attending and behold I found your name. How exciting! I want to go so badly. Hopefully I will be able to.
Take care,
Kristin
that book is on my shelf just waiting to be read! rama gave it to me. you make me want to pick it up right this second, but of course, i should wait until i'm done with the book i'm reading now, The Secret Life of Bees.
Posted by: christine on February 5, 2004 02:14 PMThe scene with the signs is the best!!!
You mentioning it has caused me to have an "aha" moment in regards to my workshop.
Yes.
thank you
Posted by: keri on February 5, 2004 01:27 PMLindsay,
I did read it many years ago, too long to recall the story. I might try it again. Salinger is hard to pin down for me. I can't tell if he's brilliant or insane. Yes, the two are sometimes indistinguishable. I am drawn to him still. I have read "good day for bannanafish" too many times to recall. It still leaves me scratching my head.
Isn't it interesting how books can change their meaning for you or impact you differently depending on the time in your life you read them? I read Catcher in the Rye a little too late, when I was just past the rebellious stage. I kept wanting to shake Holden and say, "grow up man." I don't think I could read the Fountainhead again, though I loved it in my twenties. Now the concepts seem so obvious to me, too black and white.
As I age I start to ask more from my reading selection. It is much harder to read 'fluff' now, I get annoyed by it. It's got to reach my gut in some way. It's got to move around in my body and fill me up. Sometimes it's got to cause me to scratch my head.
Posted by: keri on February 5, 2004 01:24 PMOops. Gems. Not jems!
Posted by: Lindsay on February 5, 2004 01:02 PMfranny and zooey blew me away...love that book
Posted by: sarahj on February 5, 2004 10:17 AMIsn't that a great book? I love the part where the class is beside the road and they have to make signs to get picked up. So many good quotes in that book. Another book that is full of jems is Franny & Zooey. Have you read that one?
Posted by: Lindsay on February 4, 2004 10:54 PM