The Spaces

The Spaces is a place to explore writing, the source of writing, the drive to write, the words we love and the words we decide to choose and share.

Where ever we go, here we are, carrying our creations within us. We are the creators and the destroyers. May we choose to be creators.

May we be the source of good in the world.

Category: Book

  • Beacon

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    I search for those with beacons and lanterns, the ones who leave us hidden treasure maps that show us the way to go, the ones who raise their light and say, ‘Look at this!’ James Baldwin was born in August. If he were still alive, I’d tell him how thankful I am for the words… Read more

  • Art

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    “Your life is your work of art.” I don’t know who first said that, but it is true, isn’t it? My life is my work of art.  An artist is a creator and all of us are creators. We have the ability to build ourselves as we wish, like self-building AI bots. I found some… Read more

  • Make

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    There is something powerful and full of magic about imagining a person, a place, and a situation. Imagination gives these life. It is an act of creation larger than the writer, the artist, or the playwright. These characters, towns, and life events spring from part of us, and they form lives of their own. It… Read more

  • Create

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    This month everything seems a muddle and a trouble, and I cannot wrap my arms around the sentences in my brain. Ideas slip away like alligators, twisting and refusing to be held; like clouds, shrugging at attempts to define their edges; or like water, uninterested in diversions, and seeking only to return to the sea.… Read more

  • Fantasy

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    I recently finished writing a fantasy novel that I’d been working on for some time. A beta-reader sent some feedback and asked if this story was really a fantasy. I was puzzled at first; I thought it was obviously in the fantasy genre, about ghosts and witches, but then I realized (to my horror) that… Read more

  • Impossible

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    My sister and I were talking about all of the self-imposed tasks and projects in our lives and how it seems impossible to get them done. The word ‘impossible’ brings to mind two quotes: The first is from ‘Alice In Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll: “There’s no use trying,” she (Alice) said. “One can’t believe impossible… Read more

  • Writing

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    “You are kind to painters,” Van Gogh wrote to his brother, “and I tell you the more I think, the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Brenda Ueland Brenda Ueland wrote, “If You Want to Write” published in 1938 but still available in book stores. She… Read more