Writers: Look for the Majestic Silence

Carrie Brown

In the latest Glimmer Train bulletin, professor and author Carrie Brown discusses the role visual art can play in the writing life. She says:

A writer can wander the halls of a museum filled with great works of art, or flip through a book, or even a box of old photographs without being struck by any one of the images before him. But inevitably there will come a moment when the writer’s gaze stays somewhere—there’s that “majestic silence”—and at that moment, the writer knows to stand still and listen and look.

Definitely check out the entire essay, which fully introduces this thought and its context in a detailed way (with a visual!).

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Jan Annino

Agreed, Jane. I’m new to your blog & appreciate this reference. An elegant essay from Ms. Brown.
Following you on Twitter now.
Sending stuck writers to dance & theater performances can be a catalyst.
A book I recommend to writers about combining business sense with the guarding of creativity, is Twyla Tharpe’s (with Mark Reiter) on, The Creative Habit: Learn to Use It For Life.

Jane Friedman

Thank you! Great suggestions; I’ve heard of the Twyla Tharpe book, but have yet to read it.

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