I thought this was so beautiful. Yes, we are allowed to like these things, even if they've become commonplace. The world is on fire - we can love the moon.
Oct 16, 2023·edited Oct 16, 2023Liked by Amber Sparks
I love this--I once saw a lit journal that asked for no tree poems, and I thought wow--I get it, but why ever limit or presume you know there's nothing new to say? So unimaginative. "Imagine forever cutting off the lid of the world in your writing!"--I so love that line.
I took on the practice from Chris LaTray of writing a sentence a day (or trying to) and had just written about seeing the moon again after long alaskan summer days, and how grateful I felt to see it as all of the preceding generations have seen it, before there are billboards or mining or other atrocities made on the moon. Sigh. It should be left alone forever in its brilliance.
I thought this was so beautiful. Yes, we are allowed to like these things, even if they've become commonplace. The world is on fire - we can love the moon.
This reminds me of the time my then 5 year old refused to come inside and go to bed because the moon was making her feel amazing.
And just like that I'm revisiting Tom Waits' Drunk on the Moon and Grapefruit Moon on this rainy Sunday. Never too much moon. Lovely essay.
I love this--I once saw a lit journal that asked for no tree poems, and I thought wow--I get it, but why ever limit or presume you know there's nothing new to say? So unimaginative. "Imagine forever cutting off the lid of the world in your writing!"--I so love that line.
I took on the practice from Chris LaTray of writing a sentence a day (or trying to) and had just written about seeing the moon again after long alaskan summer days, and how grateful I felt to see it as all of the preceding generations have seen it, before there are billboards or mining or other atrocities made on the moon. Sigh. It should be left alone forever in its brilliance.
Yes! No shame in loving trees and mountains and glaciers and all the wonderful things in the world