[you and me. imagine a picture.]
i was tagged by Sebha.
i am tagging JP losanjalis tazzystar sockrebel mareekho
The six word memoir rules are:
write your own six word memoir.
post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
link to the person that tagged you in your post.
tag five more blogs with links.
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There are those times when an exegesis on some current event, local or abroad, has substantial appeal. When exploring multiple takes on a story in India, in Palestine, in South Central provide ample fodder for a unique take on some feature of the human condition. When understanding that the machinery of global [...]

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so long there is now
when here you were there away
now rain drops itself

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I’m an honest believer that what we write both reflects and patterns the ways we perceive, what we believe, how we are in the world. And its not only about what we write, but what we produce, what we choose to put out. But recent experiences have brought these beliefs to a head, [...]

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Admittedly, I’m drawn to stories about South Asian characters and exploring themes that seem to fly with such characters. I was reading the story Our Lady of Paris by Daniyal Mueenuddin and wanted to see what other people thought. If you care to, read the story, and then tell me what you think.
Oh, [...]

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Writing makes motion.
Write to doubt, to make mistakes, to search and experiment, to imagine the possibility of saying “no” to authority. Without writing, all is frozen.
No doubt, no making mistakes (or anything else), stagnated and repetitive, closed down to all thought, always “yes” downbeat, downtrodden, a slack rope.
(from bad texas, who is paraphrasing from [...]

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Last Friday, my imagination had a field day. I have spent sporadic moments gleaning through google to get bits of information about my favorite authors – searching through interviews, biographies, bibliographies. I’ve dug and, admittedly, I dig still. I haven’t spent that much time doing it but I have spent a good [...]

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Here’s a snippet of a piece I’m working on inspired by a fire that engulfed three model homes in my neighborhood in suburban Houston a month or so ago. It was late and I was driving home when I saw the thing.
I near the huge bubbling, bursting apparatus. I hope and I hope [...]

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