tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849809240340884036.post701118021532382416..comments2024-02-18T15:33:14.203+00:00Comments on Cafe Aphra: An Online Community for Writers: The Write PlaceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18211549312672749091noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849809240340884036.post-15420201392751479202013-03-11T20:18:00.492+00:002013-03-11T20:18:00.492+00:00I can definitely see airport departure lounges as ...I can definitely see airport departure lounges as ideal writing places. Maybe as a way to replicate that feeling, without having to break the bank by buying hundreds of plane tickets per novel, would be to try train stations? I also think in warmer months a cafe with outside seating in a plaza/town square (far enough away from the football match but still with enough white noise and interesting characters)could potentially work. In fact, maybe that's what Joyce was doing on the cafe patio in Pula. <br /><br />A note on libraries: in my hometown a new library is currently being constructed. Anyway, someone asked me the other day why the city was bothering with a new library: 'isn't everything going to be digital soon anyway? isn't it a waste of space and tax-payer money?' At the time I gave my opinion that a library is more than just a place for physical books, but also a location where people can access the internet, study, come together as a community to hear talks, film screenings, etc. but I forgot to mention all of the writers in history and in present day that use libraries as their main location to create. For that reason, and many others, I think it is important when designing and upgrading libraries to avoid things like fluorescent lights and to think of all the many uses a library has in society. <br /><br />In the end it is amazing how different environments can affect one's writing; thanks for sharing your particular likes and dislikes :) Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345156758855547777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849809240340884036.post-61362188557730273362013-02-22T22:22:47.701+00:002013-02-22T22:22:47.701+00:00I really liked your article for Cafe Aphra...It ma...I really liked your article for Cafe Aphra...It made me smile. It is so true though about writing...there always seems as though there is a million "useful" things to do other than write. And it doesn't matter if you have children or not, if you have time or not...there are always these looming pressures from la vie quotidienne that semingly kill inspiration. As for me, I love solitude the best; but what I feel that I lack is time...time to really delve into the right hemisphere of my brain. During the week, I come home drained, not from the work, but from the work environment...and then I have only the weekend to write; but I have to unwind, go food shopping, clean, cook, spend time with Mr. P, meditate...oh and write emails, skype my mom on sundays, blackberry and whatsapp; but thank God I do not have facebook anymore...you know it goes on...and I am the sort of person that mulls over one sentence and says, "it doesn't sound right;" because if I were a writer from any period, it would be from the romantic era...I love florid descriptions, and it's not just the content, but the style of what is written that makes me feel as though I am truly crafting something.<br />So yeah...I know how you feel.<br />I am going to start writing after I finish writing this email and take a shower, and cook lol <br />But I needed that little rant ;) cause you know, this is so sad...I read your description on the side of the blog, and you had written that you had wanted to write since you were 7 years old. That was the same as me...I knew from such a young age that I wanted to write. I mean, it was so bad that at five years old (this is a true story), my grandfather introduced me to a friend of his called "Edgar" from the USA, and I asked him innocently, "Oh are you Edgar Allen Poe?" I really had thought the world was that small! But it shows how much I loved literature (my grandfather had bought me classics for children, including Poe's work). <br />I think what has happened is that we have maybe lost touch with our imaginative, free spirited sides... I mean, I used to just stare at the sky, the trees, and just imagine portals to different worlds, and would feel so blissful. I am sad to say that I sidelined my imagination in order to adapt to the positivist paradigm that we live in, and are made to think is the only reality or point of view. Also, we put too much pressure on ourselves to publish something. I've started writing again, and I decided that it does not matter if it is never sold...I just want to write to say that I honoured my true self. Our souls, with their ardent love for the whimsical, deserve this!<br />That's my two cents on the issue!<br />Love you...never give up! Let's never give up, either of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3849809240340884036.post-1779732268592607532013-02-20T22:09:08.383+00:002013-02-20T22:09:08.383+00:00Love James Joyce waiting.... airports are excelle...Love James Joyce waiting.... airports are excellent, especially when travelling alone. But sometimes it's great to use a notebook instead of the laptop. Great for being on the plane, that way you can avoid your fellow passenger reading over your shoulder! P xPaulinenoreply@blogger.com