Comments on: look again

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:42:07 +0000

Not to miss: in today’s New York Times Book Review: Leanne Shapton pairs her paintings of Canadian leaves with the words of Canadian writers: http://nyti.ms/aVhFEu. Her book, The Native Trees of Canada, will be published next month.

By: it’s been another year | catching days

it’s been another year | catching days — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:10:25 +0000

[…] with all that could happen-crossing borders-out my window: 8/17/10-out my window: 8/18/10-toes-look again-catching lives-jane’s passions-Eudora Welty’s potato […]

By: october | catching days

october | catching days — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:40:10 +0000

[…] a line that connects writers and painters. In August I wrote about writer James Baldwin crediting painter Beauford Delaney with teaching him how to see and how to trust what he […]

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:32:20 +0000

In reply to Sarah Laurence. Thanks, Sarah!

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:28:30 +0000

Interesting! I actually think you do have an artistic eye; I see that in your photos. Good writing, like good art, engages all the senses.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:05:06 +0000

In reply to survivorscribe. Cristina, I'm so glad you enjoyed this post. I totally agree with you about the insights of painters. One of my favorite books is Matisse on Art by Henri Matisse. Everything he says applies to writing. It's great that you have your mother with that perspective. And I look forward to checking your blog when I get back home.

By: survivorscribe

survivorscribe — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:22:46 +0000

I love this post. I’ve been fascinated lately with the insights of painters and how their insights or thoughts on painting relate to writing. My mom is a painter and she’s got all of us painting. I was watching a PBS special of a Plein Air painting and every little piece of information about seeing the world the artist gave applied so well to writing. I’m going to watch it again and blog about it this week.
Anyway, thank you for this post. It’s a reminder for me. I’ve taken a break from seeing like this and you putting it into words has reminded me that that is what it takes to find my characters and their story.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:06:59 +0000

In reply to jenniferneri. Jennifer, that sounds very cool. I don't know those authors but will look them up.

By: America’s greatest essay « NARRATIVE

America’s greatest essay « NARRATIVE — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:32:10 +0000

[…] writer Cynthia Newberry Martin has an interesting new post about Baldwin, “Look Again,” with a link to Baldwin’s Paris Review interview, on her blog Catching […]

By: jenniferneri

jenniferneri — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:33:21 +0000

In reply to cynthia. well, painting has alway been a big one (but there is not enough time yet for that - i'm saving that one). But I have this great desire to get into multi-media art, especially with kids books. I really admire and find inspiration from authors such as Mo Willems and Lauren Child. Are you familiar with either of them?