A few days ago, I wrote about the challenges I face as an older writer and painter. Today, I want to flip that coin. I can honestly say that now that I am older, I don’t feel the same pressure that I faced when I was younger– the pressure to please some faceless mass, to…
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Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 5
Yesterday, in our study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, we talked about Artist’s Brain’s ability to Paint with the Colors of the Wind and the need to write in the Language of the Birds. Today, I want to talk about Ray Bradbury, an American writer who did write in the Language of the Birds….
Juxtaposition in Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes
juxtaposition “an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. the state of being close together or side by side.” dictionary.com René Magritte was a famous surrealist painter who juxtaposed dissimilar items in the same painting. In his famous painting “The Son of Man,” he juxtaposed an…
Seasons of the Year as Symbols and Themes in Literature
Many authors allude to the seasons in their writing: Spring is when the world is awakening from the darkness of winter. “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations…