Thirty-seven years ago Richard Brautigan was MY poet, MY writer, a hero of sorts. I wanted to be like him, to write as he wrote and indeed I poured out some
terrible tripe in his honor. Then he killed himself. I decided to be me, to write how I wrote and I poured out some terrible tripe for many years. It takes
time to hone a skill, to follow a forked road, to trust what the body, mind and heart say. So now I call myself a writer. Richard you {)(%#@#X! you could
have remained my hero. Now I am my own hero. I rather like that. Good-bye Richard Brautigan.
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I Wanted To Write Like Richard Brautigan
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Posts: 48896 (05/27/09 07:29)
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That is when we finally come into our own isn't it? When we see that our heroes are just as human as the the next guy and capable of some bad choices.
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Posts: 805 (05/30/09 09:41) |
yes and some bad FINAL choices. I love to write, I just love it and cannot imagine demons powerful enuf to cause me to kill myself.
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Posts: 556 (06/27/09 01:23) Literature Scholar |
It seems to happen to a lot of authors, though...
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Posts: 821 (07/04/09 06:13) |
beautifulsoup wrote: yes, so what is that about? Does writing consume their life force? It feeds mine. Paul |
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Posts: 49234 (07/04/09 07:07)
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I think we hear about it a lot with writers kind of like we do with celebrities. I have actually heard that the highest rate of suicide in a profession is with
Dentists
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Posts: 822 (07/04/09 10:54) |
dentists? Now that is weird.
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