Tuesday, December 16, 2008

On writing to be read...and read again

Maya Angelou tells us that in Ghana... 
"There's a saying, 'The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief's bugle, but where to blow it.' Now, on the face of it, one understands that. But when you really think about it, it takes you deeper in. In West Africa they call that 'deep talk.' I'd like to think I write pretty. That's lovely. That's nice. Maybe there's something else? Better read it again."

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