I saw the Motorcycle Diaries last night. It got me all fired up. There is an excitement in me, a feeling that good things (and big things) can be accomplished in small ways.
There are days when one feels like her voice does not made one tiny little dent on the hard scratchy surface of this planet, and then there are days when she feels like she sends a small ripple across a pond that spans the width of the earth.
All that is required of the artist is to put the energy (the words, the ideas, the paintings) out there, one little piece at a time. One feels something, then expresses something.
And that m'dear I can do. Yes I can.
As my creative writing professor in college was fond of saying, "When the Japanese were in a period of peace, they painting only fans."
What form will your revolution take?
Posted by kerismith at November 09, 2004 01:32 PMI did it! I did speak to my MP last night. A first in my life. He was very supportive of my anti war stance and is going to use my vist to write again to the Prime Minister and foreign office.
Posted by: m on November 13, 2004 04:34 AMI am trying to do my bit to improve working conditions for authors/freelance writers. I've been posting a lot of links to my blog that tell authors how to cut the best possible deal for themselves come contract negotiation time (not always easy!) and I asked a very simple but provocative question in my blog yesterday: should we be adding the freelance writer to the endangered species list?
So your journal post was very timely and meaningful for me, Keri. Thanks.
Posted by: Ann D on November 12, 2004 08:22 AMA good book to looke at if you are interested in changing the world is:
"The Gospel According to Larry" by Janet Tashjian
OH...glorious movie! "Let the world change you...
and you can change the world..."
Yes! Yes! Motion in the ocean . . . fire in the heart . . . throw it all together and find peace in the releasing the inner into the outer . . . maybe it'll be a seed, maybe a grin, maybe an hors d'oeuvre :)
Posted by: Kat on November 10, 2004 10:41 AMI'm going to see my MP and tell him I'm NOT voting Labour again and why.
Posted by: m on November 10, 2004 06:10 AMI saw the Motorcycle Diaries last week, and I also found it quite inspiring! The music, the scenery, and of course the story.
Right now my little revolution is a local scarf drive I have organized. I have taught all of my female friends to knit and we are donating scarves to the Edmonton Woman's Shelter. I love watching a good deed grow into something beautiful. Seeing all of those gals laugh and knit and laugh some more was a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Amanda Woodward on November 10, 2004 03:55 AMi am zipping open my front section to reveal my heart, and it's a big one.
Posted by: kim on November 9, 2004 08:44 PMHa! You're funny, Eliane! My revolution will be in the form of cartoons, baby.
Posted by: patricias on November 9, 2004 04:46 PMMy hubby and I always joke (in a kind way, don't worry) about who we are going to hang when the revolution comes.
Posted by: eliane on November 9, 2004 04:18 PM