Comments on: What's the point? http://www.stephaniegunn.com/2007/02/11/whats-the-point/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.stephaniegunn.com/2007/02/11/whats-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Michael Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:56:50 +0000 http://www.stephaniegunn.com/?p=123#comment-9 I think it was Proust that said something like -- and I'm paraphrasing -- only through art do we get a glimpse of alternative universes. My window was wide open in my thirties, but now I'd rather be warm. Still, I have notebooks full of ideas that will never see the page. It's obvious you love to write; you do so much of it. After so many years of getting your word counts in, you'll look back and see that you have a body of work that mocks the frailties, a work that holds up, makes you tear up, and stands up enough to be passed on to other universes. That's the point. I think it was Proust that said something like — and I’m paraphrasing — only through art do we get a glimpse of alternative universes.

My window was wide open in my thirties, but now I’d rather be warm. Still, I have notebooks full of ideas that will never see the page. It’s obvious you love to write; you do so much of it. After so many years of getting your word counts in, you’ll look back and see that you have a body of work that mocks the frailties, a work that holds up, makes you tear up, and stands up enough to be passed on to other universes. That’s the point.

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