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A threadbare couch with pieces of fabric tearing out at the seams, showing through to the stuffing underneath. A ripped and wrinkled newspaper laying unnoticed on the edge of the sidewalk as pedestrians walk by and nonchalantly kick it with their feet. An American flag fraying to shreds as […]
Why does this ring so true?
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Hello, I’m Andrew David King—a new contributor here at Blood and Ink. Welcome to a new series I’m going to be working on, called The Etymologist’s Corner. By definition, an etymologist is someone who studies the origins of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history (Oxford English Dictionary, […]
Across the planet, written language in its most basic beginnings flourished, and it most certainly flourishes still. There is no end to the sheer infinitude of things requiring description by humans in language. As times change, so does interest in various modes of language, especially in manners of expression considered artistic. In […]
Most people struggle with some level of depression. For the artist and writer, whose process requires she ruminate, gestate and live life introspectively, the likelihood she will fall into depression is not only high, it’s inevitable. The process of making it as an artist or writer is difficult and the road is long. It is […]
Recently I read an article in Poets & Writers (Volume 35, Issue 2 March/April 2007) called “The Writer’s Triangle” by Caitlin O’Neil. The article discusses the “metaphorical vortex writer’s get pulled into while trying to balance making a living, being committed to their literary lives, and staying connected to the world around them (21).”
I think […]