I listened to virtual rain fall for several hours today, trying to determine whether the pitter-patter of the falling rain is, as the Writer’s Mind CD says, stimulating the Alpha waves of my brain and causing my motivation and creative synapses to fire with extra pep as I write. Honestly, I can’t tell. The Writer’s Mind CD is supposed to stimulate your brain waves to … more »

I read an essay by Alan Shapiro last week titled “Why Write?” In it he summarizes a letter from Elizabeth Bishop that provides a thought-provoking, unique reason for writing. Here’s the passage: Elizabeth Bishop provides a possible answer [for why we write] in a famous letter to Anne Stevenson. Bishop writes that what we want from great art is the same thing necessary for its … more »