Running with purpose

While editing a manuscript, I came across this quote by Eric Liddell (actually, it's a quote from the movie Chariots of Fire http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082158/quotes): 'I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure.'

That's not how I felt last night after completing 4k in 30 minutes. It felt more like punish rather than pleasure. But I will say, that there is something that occurs somewhere between nine to ten minutes where the body seems to subjugate itself to the will of the spirit. At that point it is a balance between endurance and perseverance.

what tunes do you listen to while reading?

'tunes and novels make such conflicting demands on the attention that they rarely work together' http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/jan/26/drowned-in-sound-can-reading-and-music-ever-go-together

Remembering The Battle of Little Bighorn

'Custer’s Last Stand' (the colonial version: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/remembering-custers-last-stand/) or 'The Greasy Grass Fight of 1876' (the native version: http://www.amazon.com/Day-World-Ended-Little-Bighorn/dp/0143113690/ref=pd_sim_b_1)

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Write and Do Not Waste Time: A Poetry Workshop

In her book, The Writing Life, Annie Dillard shares that “After Michelangelo died, someone found in his studio a piece of paper on which he had written a note to his apprentice. . . ‘Draw, Antonio, draw. . . and do not waste time.’” Write, write, and do not waste time will be the class mantra. Open to students of all writing levels, this will be a generative workshop for poets seeking to start something new or poets currently working on a project and needing more material. The focus during the five-week course will be writing using various exercises, and will also include reading and critiquing each other’s work. For curriculum, Gregory Orr’s essay “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry” will be read and discussed in class. Additionally, class members will be encouraged to submit two to three poems for inclusion in a class chapbook which will be published at the conclusion 0f the course. Each student will receive a copy of this chapbook.

Matthew Mulder is the author of a collection of poetry, Late Night Writing. His poetry and prose have appeared in print and online at Small Press Review, Write Anything, ISM Quarterly, The Indie, Southern Cross Review, H_NGM_N, and other publications.

Classes meet Tuesday evenings (June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) 6 - 8pm in the library at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Asheville.

5-Session Tuition and Fees: $50.00.

Registration: Contact me at coffeehousejunkie@gmail.com to register for the workshop.

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Poetry Workshop Announcement

Title:
Write and Do Not Waste Time

Description: (http://coffeehousejunkie.tumblr.com/post/111432520/write-and-do-not-waste-time-a-poetry-workshop)

Time & Place [UPDATED]:
Classes meet Tuesday evenings (June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) 6 - 8pm in the library at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Asheville.

Cost:
5-Session Tuition and Fees: $40.00.

Registration:
Contact me at coffeehousejunkie@gmail.com to register for the workshop.

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// sometimes i look at my gmail inbox with 50 unread emails & desire to delete them all in an effort to remove all digital clutter...

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folio covered it first (http://coffeehousejunkie.tumblr.com/post/109517221/will-an-economist-style-makeover-save-newsweek) & now nyt gives it review (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/weekinreview/24carr.html?_r=1) of newsweek's facelift... newsweek's focus: 'the reimagined magazine will include reported narratives that rely on intellectual scoops rather than informational ones and pair them with essayistic argument' while nyt concludes... 'The big talents and ambitious journalists that remain at Newsweek should probably spend less time reimagining the magazine and more time imagining a future when the physical product does not exist.'

// good to know the office coffee hasn't changed since i've been gone... it's still bad...

// ah, it's good to be back in the office... no sun, no beach surf, no ocean breeze... wake me up when the nightmare's done...

// caught out in a downpour...

// got tagged by a yellowjacket while looking for books in the barn... didn't know yellowjackets like old paperbacks so much...

// yeah, i know, i should be outside roasting some dead animal on a grill, rather than obsessing over details about the poetry workshop...

// feel like i've been washing dishes all morning...

// 10 am: writing subtitles & summary... listening to jazz for a grey morning... listening to the question, what is 9 + 4?

// 6 am: lisnin to birdsong. 7 am: readin about numbers & psalms. 8 am: lisnin to kidlinger chatter. 9 am: cleanin up breakfast dishes...

// the question of rain or shine made me sleepy...

// what better way yo spend a sunday afternoon... listening to celtic winds on the radio... drinking a pint of stout... & washing dishes...

// i never would have imagined writing a poetry workshop description would be so challenging...

// 'Facebook & the New Poetry Community' (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/05/facebook-poetry/)

// 'How One Writes in the Haiku Moment:
Mythos vs. Logos' (http://www.roadrunnerjournal.net/pages92/essay92.htm)

// What's the relationship between song lyrics & poetry? (http://mikechasar.blogspot.com/2009/05/football-frolics-gargling-oil-from.html)

// only lost 4 plants from the cold weather earlier this week...

// so glad to be off the roads...

Write and Do Not Waste Time: A Poetry Workshop

In her book, The Writing Life, Annie Dillard shares that “After Michelangelo died, someone found in his studio a piece of paper on which he had written a note to his apprentice. . . ‘Draw, Antonio, draw. . . and do not waste time.” The mantra of this class will be: write, write, and do not waste time. This class will be a generative workshop, for poets seeking to start something new or poets currently working on a project and needing more material. The focus during the six-week course will be writing using various exercises, and will also include reading and critiquing each other’s work. For curriculum, Gregory Orr’s essay “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry” will be read and discussed in class. Additionally, class members will be encouraged to submit two to three poems for inclusion in a class chapbook which will be published at the conclusion 0f the course. Each student will receive a copy of this chapbook.

Classes meet Tuesday evenings (May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) 6 - 8pm in the library at the Phil Mechanic Building, 109 Roberts St. Asheville.

Email me with questions: coffeehousejunkie@gmail.com

// it is better that the coffee smells good than the baby to smells...

// i woke up from a dream in which coleman barks & i read sufi poetry in translation together...

dear asheville

i miss you...

// i know i haven't been checking emails while on holiday... but 70 emails...

// it's now raining... wonderful...

// every morning, around 8 or so, a raccoon visits...

// 1045 feet off the edge of world...

// signing off... gonna put some sand in my books & water in ma'boots...

// after a 2 mi walk through a grey & windy morning weather... the sun is out...

// wifi + google maps = location of dunkin doughnuts (& other more notable locales)...

// US Dollars Re-Design (http://designyoutrust.com/2009/05/20/us-dollars-re-design-is-coming/)

// stained glass forest (http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/may/stained-glass-canopy)

// off to reconnoiter a new zip code...

// triple a maps are good & google maps can suck it... best directions: follow the road signs...

Write and Do Not Waste Time: A Poetry Workshop

In her book, The Writing Life, Annie Dillard shares that “After Michelangelo died, someone found in his studio a piece of paper on which he had written a note to his apprentice. . . ‘Draw, Antonio, draw. . . and do not waste time.” The mantra of this class will be: write, write, and do not waste time. This class will be a generative workshop, for poets seeking to start something new or poets currently working on a project and needing more material. The focus during the six-week course will be writing using various exercises, and will also include reading and critiquing each other’s work. For curriculum, Gregory Orr’s essay “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry” will be read and discussed in class. Additionally, class members will be encouraged to submit two to three poems for inclusion in a class chapbook which will be published at the conclusion 0f the course. Each student will receive a copy of this chapbook.

Email me for further details: coffeehousejunkie@gmail.com

// wow, 54°F is so much warmer than 36°F...

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// 'bookstore sales fell 1.3%' according to one report that includes a note that the Census Bureau defines bookstore sales as new books 'not... 'electronic home shopping, mail-order... direct sale... or used book sales.'' (*http://news.shelf-awareness.com/nview.jsp?appid=411&j=685272#2839007)

// love the cold coastal waters of new england... reminds me of my norwegian roots... expect i'm not in new england & i'm not norwegian...

// can't believe it... all the closest restaurant options are all fast food junk... ugh...

// remind me, why didn't i bring earplugs for the road trip?

// if i knew it was going to take this long... i would have stayed in bed longer...

Will an Economist-style makeover save Newsweek? (http://www.foliomag.com/2009/newsweek-unveils-newsweek)

Why Content and Social Media are a Powerful Match (http://www.copyblogger.com/content-social-media/)