{"id":2517,"date":"2017-05-08T10:59:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2017-05-08T10:59:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:59:05","slug":"writing-revitalizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/writing-revitalizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Revitalizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Another in the continuing “Monday Morning Insight” series of quotes to start the week<\/a>.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday we held our first meeting of the Research Triangle chapter of The Writers Coffeehouse. I wasn’t sure how many people to expect, and said I’d be happy with a half-dozen, but we ended up with eleven people total! So, I’m pretty pleased by that for a first showing, and that most people indicated they were interested in coming to future meetings.<\/p>\n

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\n(Image: “Just Write,” by Sean MacEntee, on Flickr under Creative Commons.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of the first meeting going so well, here’s a quote from a master of the writing art, Ray Bradbury, offered without commentary because I have a blazing headache:<\/p>\n

And what, you ask, does writing teach us?<\/p>\n

First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a privilege, not a right. We must earn life once it has been awarded us. Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation.<\/p>\n

So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have a great week!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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