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Thank you - and an apology
Thanks so much (belatedly) for all the birthday cheers, dear people-- I was reading, if not posting, and it was lovely reading your messages. :)
And also, I'm so sorry I've been absent -- I know I had plans with some of you, and the whole CommunityLit (https://www.deviantart.com/communitylit) thing, and I hope I haven't let anyone down too badly. Things are better for me now, and I'm back on a more regular basis, so please do poke me if you need anything, or want to continue a project, or just say 'hi'.
I see some of you have been really busy writing/creating. I can't wait to catch up on all of it! <3
If there's something you're really proud of, do leave me a link in co
Happy Holidays!
Dear dA friends and loved ones, I hope you're all having a wonderful holiday. I am revelling in post-Christmas day food bloat and deep relaxation, the weather is lovely, and all is well. May your day be as blessed.
I'm really looking forward to 2019 -- I've a couple of exciting plans and, more importantly, the energy to carry them out.
What are your plans for the coming year?
Winners of Slinkyfest. And what Jon-Law said.
^ awesome.
:bulletred: What Jon-Law (https://www.deviantart.com/jon-law) Said
The godfather of Lit himself popped into CommunityLit yesterday, and said a thing that really helped me get perspective on this place.
I have to paraphrase, sorry, but basically the gist was, "Quit worrying about dA's problems - stfu and write".
Sometimes one just needs to be told these things, you know?
So, more energy will go to awesome projects like CommunityLit (https://www.deviantart.com/communitylit) (where a real sense of community is slowly but surely developing, thanks to a great bunch of chat regulars) and the various things run by other worthwhile Lit groups ---- and ofc, there'll be writing.
And if dA wants to let i
Slinkyfest deadline - Nov 15!
NOV 15th is the deadline for the Slinkyfest 2018 competition:
Have you got your slink on yet?
Don't forget to submit your entry to the CommunityLit (https://www.deviantart.com/communitylit) Slinkyfest folder before midnight, Nov 15th. It's a fun poetry form with very few rules, so give it a shot!
:community: LIT GROUPS - do get your members involved, they could win a prize for your group, too!
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Coincidentally Walt Whitman has something on a similar theme:
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer.
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, to divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Although old Frosty was a lot less succinct, I liked the down-to-earth (ho-ho) story of it - ordinary people like us in awe of the greater, incomprehensible universe and thereby escaping the drudgery of everyday life. Poetry, in other words!
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer.
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, to divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Although old Frosty was a lot less succinct, I liked the down-to-earth (ho-ho) story of it - ordinary people like us in awe of the greater, incomprehensible universe and thereby escaping the drudgery of everyday life. Poetry, in other words!