Who is this man? What makes him tick? No doubt he is busy. No doubt he is deluded by that busyness. No doubt being Prime Minister fills his entire consideration and froths his sense of busied importance to the very brim. And no doubt he sounds and governs like one who cares little for the arts.
But he must have moments of stillness. And so this is what I propose to do: not to educate—that would be arrogant, less than that—to make suggestions to his stillness.
For as long as Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of Canada, I vow to send him every two weeks, mailed on a Monday, a book that has been known to expand stillness. That book will be inscribed and will be accompanied by a letter I will have written. I will faithfully report on every new book, every inscription, every letter, and any response I might get from the Prime Minister, on this website.
The reason I felt compelled to share this is because of it's sheer audacity. Authors that capture us, move us and transform us are authors that are brave enough to be audacious. They impale themselves with their pens, leaving their viscera exposed for all to inspect. They pour out their guts. That, I believe, is the key not to good writing but to great art.
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haha. I agree Susan, and well put I might add. Isn't that also the scariest thing to do? It certainly is for me anyway.
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Thanks Nicole. I was inspired by all the gut-ripping in Pi. It's the scariest thing for me too. I feel that I'm only just beginning to really pour my guts out; it feels scary and liberating.
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