What’s the weight of laughter?
The length of hope?
The height of connection?
The magnitude of joy?
The nominal value of understanding?
Sometimes what’s easy to measure—data, money, things—isn’t always worth as much as it seems.
“How do you measure a smile?” © 2018 Dara Girard; Image copyright at top of post © Lidya Nada/Unsplash
Don’t be afraid of it. It’s an artist’s fuel.
Sometimes influences are easy to spot.
Like French singer and producer Willy William’s “Voodoo Song” remixed as Colombian singer J Balvin’s “Mi Gente”.
Depending on what calendar you use it’s halfway through the year. June is a good time to pause and look around and shake up some truisms.
I’ve been working on revising and updating my nonfiction book The Writer Behind the Words. A lot has changed since its release in 2007.
But one thing hasn’t changed. Writers still doubt themselves. They turn to others to guide their creativity and manage their careers, which can be to their detriment at times.
