tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post5975016380490353..comments2023-09-22T07:03:03.280-04:00Comments on The Clarity of Night: 500 MilesJason Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851992219298316168noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-54663974724748350082011-08-04T11:12:25.010-04:002011-08-04T11:12:25.010-04:00Szelsofa, I often notice that people seem to move ...Szelsofa, I often notice that people seem to move in common cycles. I do wonder if creativity follows suit.<br /><br />Precie, yes, the mass of things unsaid is almost a third character in the story.<br /><br />Cat, that was a very astute analysis! You really pulled out things that I intended to drive the experience of the story. Thank you for the close read!!<br /><br />Szelsofa, I think it also comes from my tendency to read people in real life. I don't get a narrator filling in the backstory, so I tend not to provide one in my writing either. Some people probably hate it, but I force readers to make their own judgments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-1987857163616269482011-08-04T10:07:54.357-04:002011-08-04T10:07:54.357-04:00in my read, Cat, the best thing about these vignet...in my read, <b>Cat,</b> the best thing about these vignettes are these gaps/blank spaces i bet Jason intentionally creates.<br />so that readers may 'fill' the gap on their own.<br />it worked for me this time.SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-47188647126986194242011-08-03T21:03:15.749-04:002011-08-03T21:03:15.749-04:00No fair, Jason, leaving us guessing!
This piece, ...No fair, Jason, leaving us guessing!<br /><br />This piece, especially the beginning, felt like a series of snapshots. We see some things clearly (the woman and her daughter's hands, the mother's discomfort, the girl in her ballerina dress), others less so (the man's eyes, the exact relationship between the woman, the man in the photo and her current husband). It tells part of the story, but not the whole story. And we have to fill in the blanks.<br /><br />This one grabbed me, Jason. Excellence as usual.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803751542665932866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-83754526851343981362011-08-03T07:15:20.460-04:002011-08-03T07:15:20.460-04:00So much poignantly left unsaid.So much poignantly left unsaid.Preciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071233480999640713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-89014737459506614152011-08-03T03:19:01.182-04:002011-08-03T03:19:01.182-04:00tides of creativity
i'll use this as an escape...<i>tides of creativity</i><br />i'll use this as an escape next time i'm not writing :)))<br />on a more serious note: i know inspiration does come in waves - sometimes unexpected. i wonder if it comes in recurring cycles, as, like, matched to the phases of the moon, or related to the events and actions of one's life, or are just random...SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-27721170904660948932011-08-02T23:24:33.639-04:002011-08-02T23:24:33.639-04:00Szelsofa, the tides of creativity do seem to unite...Szelsofa, the tides of creativity do seem to unite us often. I'm not surprised you wrote something similar.<br /><br />Erratic Thoughts, ah, I see you've done a bit of nudging and digging yourself. ;)<br /><br />Walking Man, I see the wisdom in that. Maybe more is appropriately sealed away in our heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-12620809777411374192011-08-01T07:30:30.385-04:002011-08-01T07:30:30.385-04:00And that is one reason I have no photographs of my...And that is one reason I have no photographs of my past. some questions are best left unasked and if you do not present an answer to an unasked question then the question never will rise,the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-39964120766304418922011-08-01T02:30:47.818-04:002011-08-01T02:30:47.818-04:00:)
kids are inquisitive yet so understanding...ahe...:)<br />kids are inquisitive yet so understanding...ahem ahem..is what my mom says about me...:D<br />This is nice....Erratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-2819933560179064142011-08-01T01:25:27.313-04:002011-08-01T01:25:27.313-04:00aww, daughters do grow up fast...
i liked this vi...aww, daughters do grow up fast...<br /><br />i liked this vignette, partly because it somehow seems to illustrate something i have recently written. what a (non)-coincidence :)SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15498010.post-14983029812708156712011-08-01T01:24:40.222-04:002011-08-01T01:24:40.222-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.com