Comments on: Thoreau Didn’t Eat At Walden Pond http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/thoreau-didnt-eat-at-walden-pond/ If you're reading this, you're not writing. Obvious but true. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jamie Grove http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/thoreau-didnt-eat-at-walden-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Jamie Grove Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:28:39 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=192#comment-743 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, Art. Don't beat yourself up too much. The great thing about writing is that you can always edit what you've got. :) Also, you might consider checking out In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches. It's a novel but there are lots of digressions flow along the same lines as your comment. I think Nick has some of the best advice in the area of seriousness. Of course, for something older and more philosophical you might try Yoshida Kenkō's Essays in Idleness. That's one monk who knew the value of a good laugh. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, Art. Don’t beat yourself up too much. The great thing about writing is that you can always edit what you’ve got. :)

Also, you might consider checking out In the Hand of Dante by Nick Tosches. It’s a novel but there are lots of digressions flow along the same lines as your comment. I think Nick has some of the best advice in the area of seriousness.

Of course, for something older and more philosophical you might try Yoshida Kenkō’s Essays in Idleness. That’s one monk who knew the value of a good laugh.

]]> By: Art Bianconi http://www.hownottowrite.com/thoughts-on-writing/thoreau-didnt-eat-at-walden-pond/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Art Bianconi Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:59:55 +0000 http://www.hownottowrite.com/?p=192#comment-724 If it be true that the greatest gift one can give another is the stimulus to think, then I've been indeed gifted. You've validated my sense that when writing about human issues, I must be light without being frivolous. Sometimes the "significance" sneaks in and I must do it over. Damn it! If it be true that the greatest gift one can give another is the stimulus to think, then I’ve been indeed gifted.

You’ve validated my sense that when writing about human issues, I must be light without being frivolous.

Sometimes the “significance” sneaks in and I must do it over.

Damn it!

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