I sometimes think that telling the truth to someone who also wants to tell the truth to you at the same time is like a High Noon <\/i>showdown where two people wait for the other to draw first and then fire away with the truth. This scenario raises some interesting questions: what if the person misses with the truth? What happens if the truth hits? Where does the bullet<\/i> land? Does it wound, kill or actually enliven? What happens to the other person once the bullet<\/i> hits or misses? Does he or she fire back? Holster the truth and walk away? Is truth even a bullet<\/i>?<\/p>\n
I keep thinking of Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth and believe that we all need one at our disposal and\/or someone in our lives that will use it on us. If we did have the lasso, how often would we use it?<\/p>\n
If we can’t imagine through writing what another person experiences, writing borders on useless for developing empathy and understanding of peoples’ differences.<\/p>\n
The best American novel I have ever read that brought to life to an unforgettable female character is Dalva<\/i> and it was written by a man, Jim Harrison.<\/p>\n
Can a poet write an authentic poem about a clearcut without ever having walked through a clearcut? What is an authentic poem?<\/p>\n
More people will always want to read about dragons that the Laws of the Universe. I need to embrace that fact as a writer. I like dragons, too! Is there a way to combine both?<\/p>\n
I once communicated with a coyote\u2014that’s a fact. He told me to let go of anger towards an institution that was desecrating a place I loved. I did. How could I not? He was the most regal coyote I had ever seen, practically white.<\/p>\n
(If you found this post enjoyable, thought provoking or enlightening, please consider supporting a writer at work by making a financial contribution to this blog or by purchasing an NSP book.) <\/i><\/p>\n\n I sometimes think that telling the truth to someone who also wants to tell the truth to you at the same time is like a High Noon showdown where two people wait for the other to draw first and then fire away with the truth. This scenario raises some interesting questions: what if the person […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28],"tags":[622,60,766,18,773,772,31],"class_list":["post-4021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-writing","tag-coyote","tag-dalva","tag-fact-and-fiction","tag-jim-harrision","tag-lasso-of-truth","tag-wonder-woman","tag-writing-workshop","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4023,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021\/revisions\/4023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}