be honest - by Nancy Reddy - Write More, Be Less Careful
by Nancy Reddy from reader 2023-03-26
be honest - by Nancy Reddy - Write More, Be Les…
Metadata
- Author: Nancy Reddy
- Full Title: be honest - by Nancy Reddy - Write More, Be Less Careful be honest
- Category: #articles
- Summary:: on doing and having enough + April intentions
- URL: https://nancyreddy.substack.com/p/be-honest?utm_source=substack&publication_id=310318&post_id=110418028&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true
Highlights
- There’s a thing one of my favorite barre/spin instructors says when she’s trying to get us to work harder. “Be honest,” Kelsie will say as she encourages us to turn the wheel on the spin bike a little farther, to squat or plié deeper. “Be honest with yourself. Can you do more?” (View Highlight)
- But, as we talked about during the memoir workshop I taught recently in Florida, your memories are also real, even if they’re not actually what happened. (View Highlight)
- The world is ending—but which world? Consider that many worlds have ended, just as many worlds have been born and are about to be born. Consider that there is nothing a priori about any of them. Just as a thought experiment, imagine that you were not born at the end of time, but actually at the exact right time, that you might grow up to be, as the poet Chen Chen writes, “a season from the planet / of planet-sized storms.” Hallucinate a scenario, hallucinate yourself in it. Then tell me what you see. (View Highlight)