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Conversations with Calliope

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I have been carrying on a dialogue for almost a year. During this time we have discussed the progress of my writing, editing, and publishing efforts. Join in to listen to our conversation about my daily writing life and add your comments if you think of anything Calliope and I miss.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

861 Days 8 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- The Creative Heart"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

Meandering with a purpose or at least the openness to recognize when something significant occurs?

861 Days 8 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Art Infrastructire"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

I need to submit my work, make new business cards, mini-booklets of poetry to give as gifts, work on a poetry presentation ... yep, it's work.

861 Days 8 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- The Old Gray Mare"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

Yeah... I'm getting older and greyer, but so is my sister and cousin! At least I have company.

885 Days 43 Minutes ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Peace for Planet Earth"

NOVAcatmando

said:

too many poo-poo'ers...

885 Days 16 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Peace on Earth"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

A lot of peace is listening and understanding others and letting go of ones own desires. That may be true on more than one level.

Very nice newsletter issue.

885 Days 18 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- A Fuzzy Tale"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

I suspect that this is one reason why my Persian friends preferred to go to the top... if the guy at the top didn't know then there was not reason to waste further effort.

891 Days 17 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- AmeriCorps at Last"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

Yes, I know you wrote Batavia but my eyes saw Bolivia... my eyes have seen the glory... but the rest of my body hasn't.

Funny though... makes me want to call a Bolivian friend of mine.

A lot can be done with writing... it can turn out to be almost therapeutic for many if not most.

Google Poetry Therapy and Writing Therapy. But don't tell a teenager it's therapy!

896 Days 16 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Cynthia and Denis"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

Ah... Cyndy and Den... they were visiting this past autumn. Met them at a football game I swear, but they left town in October... couldn't handle our below-zero winters.

Hope they like snow!

Yes. Writing can be like wine and improve while sitting. Characters, however, do not always appreciate the neglect.

I just tell them to go get a life...

896 Days 17 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Progress in the Vineyard"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

Patience... working on patience.

896 Days 17 Hours ago, in response to "Conversations with Calliope- Facing Winter"

Kåre Enga en Costa Rica

said:

I like reading and writing in August when the heat gets to me as well.

Just spoke to my mom in Amherst. They got the wind but not as much snow. My sister in Cheektowaga and friends in West Seneca probably got smacked.

It's a sunshiny 24 here at the moment; 19 in Buffalo.

1. Conversations with Calliope- The Writer as Transmitter	ID #671036
Posted: 10-9-2009 @ 7:55 am EDT

JOE: Good morning Calliope.
CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. How are you today?
JOE: Energized.
CALLIOPE: On what account.
JOE: I'm proceeding with my latest project.
CALLIOPE: Which is?
JOE: A series of recordings on wisdom for various ages.
CALLIOPE: Sounds interesting. Where are you with it now?
JOE: Back to working on technology. I found a good microphone and editing software as well as a company to reproduce and distribute CD’s.
CALLIOPE: Sounds like the mechanics are coming along. How about the substance?
JOE: I have been wondering whether I have enough to say. Then I read Julia Cameron's wisdom in The Right to Write. She sees creativity as a process of listening, recording and transmitting rather than trying to think everything up yourself.
CALLIOPE: Sounds like a humble stance.
JOE: It is but I can identify with it. I often wonder where I get ideas. Then I realize that if I pay attention they come to me. My job becomes a simple task of taking dictation from my experience.
CALLIOPE: Interesting way to put it.
JOE: It's a lot less responsibility and more fun to boot. Talk with you tomorrow.