Comments on: details, details https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/ Catching Days Mon, 25 May 2009 18:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-298 Mon, 25 May 2009 18:42:46 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-298 Good point, Anil. Just because a person writes, it doesn’t make him or her a watcher. It’s trying to be a better writer that causes a person to watch. However, some people are by nature “watchers”–like Dorothy Allison apparently, who said she’s always watched other people, trying to figure them out. I wonder if writing comes more easily to them…

Thanks for adding to the conversation.

]]> By: Anil https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-297 Mon, 25 May 2009 16:42:15 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-297 “Watcher.”

How right indeed. It is not so much practicing a craft that makes one a ‘watcher’ but the effort one brings to bear on enjoying the craft one practices that makes us ‘watchers’.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-296 Mon, 25 May 2009 13:49:39 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-296 Sarah-
Thanks for stopping in and thanks for your comments. I enjoy your blog and share your love of Nantucket, as well as of reading and writing. I hope we can stay in touch.
–cynthia

]]> By: Sarah Laurence https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-295 Mon, 25 May 2009 12:29:22 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-295 What a terrific post and blog! I agree that the personal value of writing (and art) comes from watching. It is good to slow down to observe, to think and to reread. I’m so happy we connected.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-294 Fri, 22 May 2009 20:58:06 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-294 Thanks for reading, Brenda. And thanks for adding to the discussion.

]]> By: brendamantz https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-293 Fri, 22 May 2009 20:43:52 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-293 What you’ve noted here is true of my own writing too. When I read it I am often shocked by what is on the page. Glad I found your website.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-292 Fri, 22 May 2009 20:06:22 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-292 Which makes me think about listening…

]]> By: Cal https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/05/details-details/#comment-291 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:17 +0000 http://cynthianewberrymartin.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-291 I think watching is everything, or at least almost everything.

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