Up against the wall A recent article in The New York Times Style Magazine entitled The Writer’s Room featured five writers and their writing space. Here are some of my favorite quotes from this article: 1) Author Colson Whitehead tends to move his desk around, “For the first half of a new book, maybe you […]
Broken Words
Humpty Dumpty I’m still waiting for an invitation to a Greek wedding or dance where the tradition of breaking plates happens. Something about this careless abandon resonates with me. It was last fall that I made a trip to the Banff Centre which is just down a highway and into the mountains from my house. As […]
Writing on the Wall
Words on a wall I was at a restaurant this week that not only had excellent food but exceptional handwriting. As I sat across from this amazing handwritten wall at NOtaBLE restaurant it got me thinking about the words on the wall. The big bold words in colour and the scribbles, doodles, and scrawling script; all of […]
Paper on the Train
Disney’s ‘PaperMan’ is a clever black and white animated short film directed by Jon Kahrs. It won an Oscar in the Short Film (Animated) category last year, in 2013. I don’t know how I missed seeing it until now, but I just love it. Whisked Away I love the back story (view it here) as […]