Harold Carr
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Sat, 07 Feb 2004Imagine something or someone missing. We search, perhaps in vain, from our limited perspective. Then imagine ourselves able to take in a larger view. Right away we see the location of the missing one.
We sometimes think of a writer as someone who has the whole in mind. It is then only a matter of taking the time to write it down. Nothing is missing because all is seen.
But, in truth, if there is a whole, it is a felt whole. As the whole is turned into words it gets lost or changed. Words have their own gravity - pulling the author in unknown unintended directions. And the time it takes to write transforms the writer. Whatever the starting point, gravity and time have their way such that, when done, the writer is as astonished as any reader.
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