Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Time has gotten away from me again.

I havent had it in me to continue this blog untill now, perhapse because the cirumstances the led to its creation no longer exist or perhapse becasue i felt i had little to talk about, but mostly i think it was simply the result of not having a computer for some weeks durring the move, and , as they say, "out of sight, out of mind." And as I dont want to stress myself on this brief forray back into the blogger universe, I am going lite this morning, No spell checking, no links, no complications. just a quote from an author who has spoken to my heart:

Ursula K. Le Guin

Socrates said, "The misuse of language induces evil in the soul." He wasn't talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.