A Message About Messages

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October 16, 2019

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Art frees us; and the art of words can take us beyond anything we can say in words.

- Ursula K. Le Guin -

A Message About Messages

The complex meanings of a serious story or novel can be understood only by participation in the language of the story itself. To translate them into a message or reduce them to a sermon distorts, betrays, and destroys them. This is because a work of art is understood not by the mind only, but by the emotions and by the body itself. { read more }

Be The Change

Open one of your favorite books from a younger time in your life; a real book made of paper and ink. Dance with this book the way you would dance with someone you love. Then find someone to share this "felt" experience of a good story.

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