tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317833159400969372.post7051843615093032352..comments2023-12-18T22:45:48.772-05:00Comments on Writing with Celia: On Eating Greasy Tacos & Washing Your Feet at SearsCelia Lisset Alvarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14937812917575387203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317833159400969372.post-77281806844013613552012-09-16T22:55:23.151-04:002012-09-16T22:55:23.151-04:00Thanks for the encouragement--I thought about quit...Thanks for the encouragement--I thought about quitting this novel, but it is well-written, so I thought I'd persevere. I'll put Orr on my to-read list. I didn't mention one could read philosophy, which you do. Whatever one does for self-enlightenment will be reflected by one's work sooner or later.Celia Lisset Alvarezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937812917575387203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317833159400969372.post-35604478307135841422012-09-16T21:37:00.252-04:002012-09-16T21:37:00.252-04:00I loved Lacuna, though it took awhile to get "...I loved Lacuna, though it took awhile to get "into" it. The book touches on huge and crucial themes about art, love, betrayal, isolation, purpose...and parallels the late 40s/into the 50s with our current times in significant ways.<br /><br />As to the "necessary trauma" of the artist, Greg Orr does a good job with his book Poetry as Survival...that great artists need not suffer in some specific set of romanticized or idealized ways...but they do need to observe enough, know enough about life "to fill a thimble."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com