Memoir writing is very Aquarian.
Aquarius, the water-bearer
pours the water
back from a container
into the free-flowing stream.
Mēm in Hebrew means water
Moi is French for me
Mem-moi: water me
Moi-mem: I water myself.
How do you know
—until you water yourself
—if you can bear it?
Nancy Wait
Psyche did it in a day, but that’s mythology for you. For me, it took years, this business of sorting. Years of mining the past, re-treading my footsteps and following the trails of my missteps as well as the ones which guided me to happier results. It was a process of gathering, of growing memory [...]
A new weight loss discovery that worked for me.
One of my very first writing instructors at the New School told the class that her friend, a successful novelist, would gain 20 or 40 lbs. every time she wrote a new book. After it was finished, she promptly lost the weight. I [...]
The premise of my memoir is that I chose the events that happened to me in order to remember a previous life. A previous death, really, so that I would know there is no such thing as death. Or rather, death in the usual way we think about it. And that I [...]
The problem with memoir writing, or writing about myself, is that sometimes I lose interest in the topic I am covering. Or it’s not that I really lose interest, but that I already know what it is I’m trying to say, and I’m not sure if anyone else will find it interesting. So [...]
Moi-mem: I water myself.
Memoir writing is very Aquarian.
Aquarius, the water-bearer
pours the water
back from a container
into the free-flowing stream.
Mēm in Hebrew means water
Moi is French for me
Mem-moi: water me
Moi-mem: I water myself.
How do you know
—until you water yourself
—if you can bear it?