Showing posts with label despair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label despair. Show all posts

Monday, August 5, 2019

What to Say?

 Do not turn away, through cowardice, from despair. Go through it.

...Pass beyond. On the other side of the tunnel you will find light again.  

Andre Gide 1928


El Paso,  Dayton, and on and on.

Will we find a light? 


Wednesday I'll be back with a movie review, and yes, my life moves on as do most of ours.
Yet, such sad senseless shootings chip away at the psyche. In one day there are millions and millions of  acts of kindness. That's the big picture. But, one horrible act causes countless sorrows and sears into our souls.

What to say?   What to do? 


Wednesday, April 4, 2012

D: Despair, Depression, Dumbells, & Daphne

D: Human life begins on the other side of despair - Jean-Paul Sartre

Characters need some despair in their lives, something to work through and ultimately overcome. The reader can feel his or her pain and wants to keep reading and rooting for that person.

In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day- F.Scott Fitzgerald.

Depression can torment your character. But again the writer can have him or her fight through it (pill taking, psychiatric visits), wallow in it, and use it to create a strong, albeit flawed, individual.

Hand dumbells - I just wanted to use the word and picture to honor the letter D. Often I despair of exercise, and am depressed by my Wii Fitness score. Minor setbacks to be sure, but I'm deluded in thinking I'll achieve Olympian skills.

Finally - Daphne, a female name, an ornamental flower with a deadly berry fruit. Baked in a pie and eaten, death can occur in a few hours. It is one of the oldest plants recognized as poisonous.