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A Rock. A Tree. A Cloud.

Carson McCullers

Story

We will read McCullers’ astonishing story, A Rock. A Tree. A Cloud. PDF

Themes

  • What we might call weirdness in some people…wrongly!!
  • How to Know someone has Figured it All Out
  • How to Live: What to Want and What to Do
  • “Bad Places” and “Bad People” and Bad Habits …etc.

Notes and References

Songs for the Story !!


And sadly, Renowned country singer Toby Keith dies at 62 after battle with stomach cancer.

And so, maybe this one…


Additional Readings

  1. The Arrested Development of Carson McCullers. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/04/carson-mccullers-a-life-mary-v-dearborn-book-review. “A writer lives differently from people who don’t write.” Of course.

  2. “Pretend it’s a Seed, OK?” https://youtu.be/wKbUVxjh0mg

Writing Prompts

  1. “So long as you learn, it doesn’t matter who you learn from, does it?” ( Quote from “To Sir, With Love”)
  2. On being scolded for being in Bad Company
  3. Life Lessons from Graffiti?
  4. On seeing Artists and Designers everywhere…(bah!)
  5. A Strange Transformational Hobby…
  6. On being a Gig Worker
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