Hello June!<\/p>\n
I hate summer, but it does mean another year has passed. It\u2019s time to really look ahead.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And oh, my love, remind me<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What was it that I said?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can\u2019t help but pull the earth around me<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to make my bed.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And oh, my love, remind me<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0What was it that I did?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I drink too much? <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Am I losing touch?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did I build a ship to wreck? <\/em><\/p>\n Florence and the Machine have a new record coming out, and I know it will be the anthem of my summer.<\/p>\n And somehow, this seems totally natural. Fated. Florence has been the mainstay artist I find inspiration in since I started writing. Her last album came out four years ago, right when my writing was taking off. I am so glad to have her back in my orbit again.<\/p>\n Her songs are the atmosphere I live in. They are a dark sepia-toned fantasy dream. Through this tinted lens she tells compelling stories. And this is the same lens I use for my life. It keeps things interesting.<\/p>\n But this is also the world of my writing, a dream world where people are flawed and yet the world feels like an old summer memory, or an otherworldly landscape. In a way, Proust does this too. But hopefully my sentences won\u2019t be quite as long.<\/p>\n But what is this thing I\u2019ve been building? Like Florence says, have I just built this to wreck it?<\/p>\n Is this more than I can do?<\/p>\n Am I capable of this?<\/p>\n Am I just a lost cause?<\/p>\n Will my love pan out like I want it to?<\/p>\n Have I put enough energy into my relationships?<\/p>\n Have I put enough into myself?<\/p>\n Do I have any chance of the success I want?<\/p>\n Will I be able to provide for my family?<\/p>\n Will I ever be stable?<\/p>\n There are no answers. Still, the questions are there. I suppose the only answer is that I have to try. I have to keep along the chaotic path I\u2019ve chosen.<\/p>\n I can only assume that the path will be rougher than I imagine. But I\u2019m going to keep trying. And that\u2019s ultimately what this class has inspired me to do. Proust wrote 4,000 pages. Surely I can write 300.<\/p>\n But more than page count, Proust and the work we\u2019ve done has proven to me that it is possible. Interviews and research are not as hard as they seem. A compelling story can rise from almost nothing. Voice mostly has to do with vision, not intent. And if you write enough, the story will appear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello June! I hate summer, but it does mean another year has passed. It’s time to really look ahead. And oh, my love, remind me What was it that I said? I can’t help but pull the… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/losttime\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}