http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/11/writing-in-paris/ Slowing down and noticing what’s extraordinary, humorous and meaningful in the everyday. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/11/writing-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 Guy biederman Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:24:49 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/11/writing-in-paris/#comment-3456 I was interested on your take of the impressionists - how you might discern more of how they felt about what they painted, rather than how they actually saw it, and how it might be possible to translate that approach to writing. Today is Monet's birthday - he said, 'I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.' I wonder whether we perhaps owe having become writers to people & experience? Thanks for your thoughtful, insightful observations, Mark. Wonderful to read. I was interested on your take of the impressionists – how you might discern more of how they felt about what they painted, rather than how they actually saw it, and how it might be possible to translate that approach to writing.
Today is Monet’s birthday – he said, ‘I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.’
I wonder whether we perhaps owe having become writers to people & experience?
Thanks for your thoughtful, insightful observations, Mark. Wonderful to read.

]]> http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/11/writing-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 Susan "Backpack45" Alcorn Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:49:36 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/2008/11/writing-in-paris/#comment-3447 I admire your wisdom in going to Paris "early". Our trips are always rather short and we seldom allow time to "Pause for Purpose". I have gotten wise enough to spend some time just sitting at outdoor cafes and watching the passing scene, rather than always rushing to from one museum to another, but I have never taken time for myself! I admire your wisdom in going to Paris “early”. Our trips are always rather short and we seldom allow time to “Pause for Purpose”. I have gotten wise enough to spend some time just sitting at outdoor cafes and watching the passing scene, rather than always rushing to from one museum to another, but I have never taken time for myself!

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