Karen bencke write more pdf. rules for fulfilling desires

Karen Behnke

Write more! A beginner's guide

Translator Victor Genke

Editor Evgeniya Vorobyova

Project Manager O. Ravdanis

Proofreaders S. Mozaleva, S. Chupakhina

Computer layout A. Abramov

Cover design Yu Buga

Calligraphy on the cover Zakhar Yashin / bangbangstudio.ru

Published under agreement with SHAMBALA PUBLICATOINS, INC. (4720 Walnut Street # 106, Boulder, CO 80301, USA) with the assistance of Alexander Korzhenevsky Agency (Russia)

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To all adherents of creative writing - both young and young at heart. And also to Collin Prell, my clear-eyed muse

- It won't help! - said Alice. - You can't believe the impossible!

“You just have little experience,” said the Queen. - At your age, I devoted half an hour to this every day! On some days I managed to believe in a dozen impossibilities before breakfast!

Lewis Carroll. Alice in the Wonderland

Introduction

Dear Adventurer!

Relax. This is not a test, homework, or exercise book. This book is a flammable mixture of fairly simple ideas, designed to inspire and cheer up your inner writer. This book can be written, delved into, shared, and even ripped out! (But only if this is your book.)

On the following pages, you'll find Wordlists to help you when your work gets stuck; Experiments in the "Worth Trying" section that will spark new ideas in you; texts under the heading "Such is the story", which will teach you to carefully look at the truth and lies; "Definition deciphers" to deepen your knowledge and "Notes" from real writers who will share with you their thoughts on what it is like to express yourself on paper.

Of course, you can use this book with all its sections as you please. Only you decide on which page to open it - somewhere at the end or in the very middle. If you don't like what is printed in the Taming the Cliché section, skip it. (I also had problems with this section.) If you like something, draw stars around it. If you don't like it, cross it out. It is your book. You can take her for a walk, squeeze, snack with her, laugh, even kiss. You decide what, when, how, where, why and why not. There is no right or wrong creative writing. Truth. There is only your own approach. All it takes for this book is your imagination and your willingness to hit the road. Write what only you and no one else in the world can write. Break the rules. Take risks. Argue. Make mistakes. Give yourself kilometers of time and as much space as you want. Let the doodles come out from under your pen, do not be shy and do not hesitate to tear out the pages! This is what creative people are doing, when they do not eavesdrop, spy on and do not indulge in dreams.

As soon as it goes, maybe you can share something with me. (And I may write back to you.) Remember, when you trust your words to a piece of paper, you are bolder than you think.

Karen

Worth trying

How do you write?

Forget about obvious suspects: pencils, pens, paints, crayons, felt-tip pens ... What if today you could write with anything? What if you could hold, say, memory in the fingers of your left or right hand? Is your limitless imagination? The power of creativity? A spinning planet? Forgiveness? Tree trunk or sunbeam? Well, what can I say ... In the world of creative writing, all of this is possible. There are trillions of possibilities, and they all multiply, diverging in endless vortices. What do you write with?

Than I write

I write in the dim light of ragged forgiveness

I write with the smallest stars of what is almost invisible

I write with long sticky threads of sacred spider snares

I write with swirling planets of darkness and danger

I write in brilliant and elusive tricks from my sleeve

Your turn

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Word list

Favorite words

The writer's imagination longs for words. To fuel your creative energy, you need to toss something to your imagination 24 times a day (and night) or more. Here is a list of some of my favorite words to eat. Help yourself. Feed. Use it. Check this page whenever your imagination growls and needs to gnaw on something. What words from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 syllables do you like today?

Worth trying

Ask yourself a question

What if the next question you ask yourself takes you into a part of your consciousness that you have never been before? What if, simply by asking yourself a question or imagining what the answer would be, you can dream deeper, think wider, imagine higher, push further? Here are 30 questions you can answer however you like. These are not trick questions. These are questions that are worth looking at a little differently, picking up your answers. Your answers can be true or false, long or short, fast or slow, soft and sticky. Explore near and far areas of your life. There is no wrong path. Everything that comes to mind is correct. See how interesting, sweet, kind, funny, nasty, honest, infectious and outrageous people you can be, going on a journey where every step is a word and where there is no map or compass.

Hints:

Everything you write is correct.

Don't worry about spelling and pretty handwriting.

Write clearly or incomprehensibly. Experiment.

Why not answer the question with a question?

Your turn

Try different options, see where the answers take you. If your words need more space, let them go down, across, up, and off the page.

Unleash your wildest, wildest dream. Where does she want to rush?

Mine is already kicking and jumping and rushing straight to the open gate, into the distance, across the field, straight to ...

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What will grow if you plant your heart? What color is his shoes?

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If you stand up in your arms, where will you go? And how will you fall? Who will go with you?

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If you look under the canopy of the tent of life, what will you hear? What will you see? Why are you sneezing?

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What are the names of your fingers? And the legs? Every arm and leg? At the nose?

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Where did your stupidest song come from? What pacifies you? Where was your talisman before you?

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Why don't you stop wondering? Who surprises you over and over again?

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What do you love at the very bottom? What are you afraid of at the very top?

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Where would you like to fly? How do your wings look today?

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What trap did your favorite memory fall into? Where will it go next?

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What natural disaster would you like to be in if you know in advance that you will not be harmed?

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You invite someone to make a wish and promise to fulfill. Who? What is this desire?

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If you could become a color for one day, what color would you like to become? And what day?

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Write 100 (or more) words as one long word with no spaces around the perimeter of this page ... don't stop until you have a spiral in the middle. Hypnotize your hamster, dog, sister, brother, mother, father with this text, slowly repeating: "You want to sleep ... You really want to sleep." Say the long, coiled word you created 3 times. This is a good exercise for your mouth, jaws, tongue, cheeks, and loose teeth, if you have any. You can try hypnotizing the cat, but it is most likely asleep anyway.

Autumn is the traditional time to start learning, a time of inspiration. It doesn't matter how old you are. “Live and learn” - say the wisest. You can always find and discover new talents and abilities in yourself. If you don't know where to start, we suggest picking up the book by Karen Behnke “Write More! A guide for the aspiring writer ”from the publishing house“ Alpina Publisher ”.

Here you will find many discoveries and impressive tips. From the very first pages imagination will develop, besides, everything is described easily, cheerfully and fervently. The muse of inspiration will definitely visit you! The design and layout of the book contributes to this.

The book is intended for both adults and young writers.

More about the book:

"It is your book. You can take her for a walk, squeeze, snack with her, laugh, even kiss. You decide what, when, how, where, why and why not. There is no right or wrong creative writing. Truth. There is only your own approach. All it takes for this book is your imagination and the willingness to hit the road. "
Karen Behnke

Writing your own book is not as difficult as it sounds. Especially if you know what techniques can help you with this. Of course, you can learn creative writing after spending several years and graduating from a literary institute. Or you can read a book by Karen Behnke. Of course, it will not make you Nabokov or Tolstoy, but in it you will find everything in order to start your literary activity.

The author suggests not to get hung up on boring academic rules, but to give free rein to the imagination, play with words, thought forms, rhymes, sizes and ideas. Small sections, each dedicated to a specific creative technique, consist of a short theoretical part, an interesting assignment, a place to complete it, and examples of how it can be done. The book also contains valuable advice from famous writers to beginners.

The book is addressed primarily to young readers, but adults around the world have already appreciated it, and they are also happy to read and apply the knowledge gained from the book.

Many of us are afraid to approach writing, believing it to be extremely difficult, accessible only to a select few. After reading "Write More!", You will understand that there is nothing scary in this lesson and, perhaps, finally decide to try your hand at writing.

"Write more!" - not a boring textbook or monograph. This is an easy and interesting educational workshop in which important knowledge is presented in a playful way.

The author has been teaching writing skills to both adults and schoolchildren and students for many years. Therefore, her book will be useful to novice writers of all ages, from elementary school students to the very adults, but who have not lost the ability to look at the world like a child.

Who is this book for: For children and adults.

Name: Write more! A beginner's guide
Karen Behnke

Writing your own book is not as difficult as it sounds. Especially if you know what techniques can help you with this. Of course, you can learn creative writing after spending several years and graduating from a literary institute. Or you can read a book by Karen Behnke. Of course, it will not make you Nabokov or Tolstoy, but in it you will find everything in order to start your literary activity.

The author suggests not to get hung up on boring academic rules, but to give free rein to the imagination, play with words, thought forms, rhymes, sizes and ideas. Small sections, each dedicated to a specific creative technique, consist of a short theoretical part, an interesting assignment, a place to complete it, and examples of how it can be done. The book also contains valuable advice from famous writers to beginners.

Why the book is worth reading

Many of us are afraid to approach writing, believing it to be extremely difficult, accessible only to a select few. After reading "Write More!", You will understand that there is nothing scary in this lesson and, perhaps, finally decide to try your hand at writing.
"Write more!" - not a boring textbook or monograph. This is an easy and interesting educational workshop in which important knowledge is presented in a playful way.
The author has been teaching writing skills for many years to both adults and schoolchildren and students. Therefore, her book will be useful for novice writers of all ages, from elementary school students to the very adults, but who have not lost the ability to look at the world like a child.

There are many professions associated with the creation of texts today.
Someone is destined to become a famous writer, someone is a copywriter or journalist, and someone will write speeches for presidents.
However, the vast field of activity is more than offset by human laziness, excuses about the lack of talent and tales of lack of time.
Writing coach and poet Karen Behnke wrote this book precisely to get your doubts and fears out of your mind.
How to do it? More optimism, colored fonts, assignments and room for their implementation right in the book itself.
The magic word in this book is “MORE”. When do we pronounce it? When we like something madly, and we want repetition, development, continuation.
It is on this principle that the motivation of the reader-writer is built in this book. Imagine that you wrote one of your first texts and bring it to your friend, mom or an expert acquaintance, and after reading your not-too-perfect lines and paragraphs he suddenly says: “Great, come on, go on!”.
This is how inspiration and desire to continue is born.
In a sense, Karen Behnke acts as a Muse for all those who today put their fingers on the keyboard with the desire to become a writer or simply a creator of inspirational texts.

Karen Behnke

Write more! A beginner's guide

Translator Victor Genke

Editor Evgeniya Vorobyova

Project Manager O. Ravdanis

Proofreaders S. Mozaleva, S. Chupakhina

Computer layout A. Abramov

Cover design Yu Buga

Calligraphy on the cover Zakhar Yashin / bangbangstudio.ru

Published under agreement with SHAMBALA PUBLICATOINS, INC. (4720 Walnut Street # 106, Boulder, CO 80301, USA) with the assistance of Alexander Korzhenevsky Agency (Russia)

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To all adherents of creative writing - both young and young at heart. And also to Collin Prell, my clear-eyed muse

- It won't help! - said Alice. - You can't believe the impossible!

“You just have little experience,” said the Queen. - At your age, I devoted half an hour to this every day! On some days I managed to believe in a dozen impossibilities before breakfast!

Lewis Carroll. Alice in the Wonderland

Introduction

Dear Adventurer!

As soon as it goes, maybe you can share something with me. (And I may write back to you.) Remember, when you trust your words to a piece of paper, you are bolder than you think.

Karen

Worth trying

How do you write?

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Karen Behnke

Write more! A beginner's guide

Translator Victor Genke

Editor Evgeniya Vorobyova

Project Manager O. Ravdanis

Proofreaders S. Mozaleva, S. Chupakhina

Computer layout A. Abramov

Cover design Yu Buga

Calligraphy on the cover Zakhar Yashin / bangbangstudio.ru

Published under agreement with SHAMBALA PUBLICATOINS, INC. (4720 Walnut Street # 106, Boulder, CO 80301, USA) with the assistance of Alexander Korzhenevsky Agency (Russia)

* * *

To all adherents of creative writing - both young and young at heart. And also to Collin Prell, my clear-eyed muse

- It won't help! - said Alice. - You can't believe the impossible!

“You just have little experience,” said the Queen. - At your age, I devoted half an hour to this every day! On some days I managed to believe in a dozen impossibilities before breakfast!

Lewis Carroll. Alice in the Wonderland

Introduction

Dear Adventurer!

As soon as it goes, maybe you can share something with me. (And I may write back to you.) Remember, when you trust your words to a piece of paper, you are bolder than you think.

...

Worth trying

How do you write?

...

Than I write

I write in the dim light of ragged forgiveness

I write with the smallest stars of what is almost invisible

I write with long sticky threads of sacred spider snares

I write with swirling planets of darkness and danger

I write in brilliant and elusive tricks from my sleeve

Your turn

...

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Word list

Favorite words

Worth trying

Ask yourself a question

Hints:

...

Everything you write is correct.

Don't worry about spelling and pretty handwriting.

Write clearly or incomprehensibly. Experiment.

Why not answer the question with a question?

Your turn

Try different options, see where the answers take you. If your words need more space, let them go down, across, up, and off the page.

...

Unleash your wildest, wildest dream. Where does she want to rush?

Mine is already kicking and jumping and rushing straight to the open gate, into the distance, across the field, straight to ...

_______________________________________________________________

What will grow if you plant your heart? What color is his shoes?

_______________________________________________________________

If you stand up in your arms, where will you go? And how will you fall? Who will go with you?

_______________________________________________________________

If you look under the canopy of the tent of life, what will you hear? What will you see? Why are you sneezing?

_______________________________________________________________

What are the names of your fingers? And the legs? Every arm and leg? At the nose?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Where did your stupidest song come from? What pacifies you? Where was your talisman before you?

_______________________________________________________________

Why don't you stop wondering? Who surprises you over and over again?

_______________________________________________________________

What do you love at the very bottom? What are you afraid of at the very top?

_______________________________________________________________

Where would you like to fly? How do your wings look today?

_______________________________________________________________

What trap did your favorite memory fall into? Where will it go next?

_______________________________________________________________

What natural disaster would you like to be in if you know in advance that you will not be harmed?

_______________________________________________________________

You invite someone to make a wish and promise to fulfill. Who? What is this desire?

_______________________________________________________________

If you could become a color for one day, what color would you like to become? And what day?

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Such is the story

Yellow car

...

Last week, a boy I knew was driving with his mom - to school, to the store, to the library, then back home - basically, everywhere they usually go - and suddenly noticed that there were no yellow cars on the road.

"Where are all the yellow cars?" - he asked. Mom reminded him of the taxi and asked if he was doing well.

And then he told her that he would count every piece of yellow that he could find. Almost immediately he began to see yellow everywhere: the double lines of pedestrian crossings; black cat eyes; a man wearing a raincoat walking a yellow Labrador Retriever; fire hydrants; warning signs; rows of sunflowers peeking out from behind the fence. And yellow cars are everywhere! Trucks, buses and bicycles. What if everything you direct your attention to becomes real? Today yellow cars ... and tomorrow world peace?

Is there anything that you barely notice? Anything you think of? Anything you would like to find or see? An aerobatics plane that went into dive? Caterpillar colony? Or an old second grade friend? Sketch out a list of several (or several hundred) of such something, and inside the letter X, which traditionally denotes the exact position of the object on the map, write where it was found and what you will be looking for now.

Your turn

Worth trying

8 wishes

What if there are no desires that are too bold or too timid, and everything is possible under the moon and where the slanting rays of the sun do not reach? What if the more you pay attention to your desire, the stronger it becomes? What if all you need is to close your eyes and fish out 8 desires from the depths of your soul ... and then everything you really want starts to come closer? Why exactly 8? The fact is that the number 8 is considered extremely lucky. For example, the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began at 8 hours 8 minutes 8 seconds local time on August 8, 2008!

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8 rules for fulfilling desires

1. Wait for the full moon.

2. Make sure you really want it.

3. To cancel a desire, simply wish the opposite.

4. First, do not tell anyone about your desire. It can break the spell!

5. Pay attention to your desire every 8 days. (Sing to him, write poetry to him ...)

6. Act (and feel) as if the wish has already come true.

7. Rethink everything that life gives you.

8. Smile and thank your desire for the fact that it came to you.

Windowsill desires

The package arrived. She has no return address.

Inside I find a note: "Make a wish."

8 paintings are wrapped in red paper:

on the first - winter and a tree, and on a branch a crow,

and there seems to be an important secret in her eyes.

On the second - a house by the river. Bridge across the river

and the young moon slumbers in a piece of the sky.

The third has nothing but a yellow circle

and I decide that this is the gate of the sun.

In the corner at the fourth is a 1929 gold coin.

The fifth and sixth are a diptych of clouds and fog.

On the seventh italicized inscription reads: "Inspiration",

and silvery sparks from each letter.

The eighth scene is happiness. Reminds you of your smile.
Karen

Your turn

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The note by Annie Burroughs

Dear writer!

Writing. There is good news and there is bad news. Here are the good ones:

1. If you write, you are a writer.

2. All troubles with adults can later be used as material for stories.

3. The same goes for bitter grievances.

4. Spelling has nothing to do with writing good text.

5. Unlike reading.

Now the bad ones:

1. To be a writer, you must write.

When I was a kid, I didn't really think about writers. I, in general, did not believe in them. I thought that writers - well, not superhumans (not to that extent I was not aware), but do not live on Earth in the same way as I do. The books had my own separate world, an unreal place that had nothing to do with my life. It seemed to me that my favorite books were written by people living in the same unreal world. Now that I am a writer myself, I no longer think that writers live in any other world. Unfortunately. I would like to live in some magical place where I would write books without rewriting the same sentence over and over again dozens (or hundreds) of times. But I live here on Earth, like all other writers, and we are all writing and rewriting again, trying to make the proposal sound. This is both good news and bad news: it means that anyone who does a writing job - strenuous, boring, often fruitless writing - is a creature from another world: the writer.
From Annie

Text by Annie Burroughs

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From "The Magic Half"

The notebook fell from Miri's hands, and she stared, wide-eyed, at the white wall in front of her. It was all for real. The magic was real. Today she traveled back in time and met an eleven-year-old girl named Molly. The last shadows of doubt disappeared from her consciousness, like a bursting soap bubble, and in the vacant place the question arose: why? Why did this happen? Why did the magic choose her?

Miri was sure it wasn't because she was good. Here is Cinderella - yes, she was good: she sang when she cleaned the house, with pleasure she sewed dresses for nasty half-sisters. Therefore, the fairy godmother gave her a carriage, a dress and a prince. Miri always thought Cinderella was a bore, but she was certainly better than Miri. Miri complained even if she needed to clean her room. Today? She almost killed Ray with a shovel. No, the magic didn't choose her because she was good.

As a child, Annie Burroughs has always been a good, sweet, kind and pure heart. She never did anything wrong. Well, except for the lipstick case. And yes, some might think that she did bad things to the cat, but the cat didn't mind. The cat liked it. To find out more about the books Annie writes for children, visit www.anniebarrows.com.

Worth trying

State of gratitude

Admit it, you sometimes complain - or even whine - about something you don't have: cool fancy gizmo, latest, best, most expensive, latest generation superfast supergadget with remote control and free updates. It happens to everyone. However, such desires (and whining) can make us sooooo unhappy. But there has to be a way to get your desires on track, pause your whining, and find a lever that triggers a state of gratitude. At the very least, we can remember what wonderful things and undeservedly forgotten things we have there is... Quite simple things, such as fingers with which we hold a pen or a fork and with which we can scratch our back. What about our imaginations, which we were born with and continues to develop? What about Mom and Dad, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and all of our close friends? And don't forget the heartbeat, the changing seasons, maples and grilled cheese sandwiches. As soon as you step on this slope, you will see a whole avalanche of big and small gifts that are given to you. And here is the world's most guarded secret: the state of gratitude is the only thing that can make us happy, contented and peaceful.

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Gift of autumn

Maples were dressed in red and burgundy;

all in gold tops of poplars.

The grass stiffens from the cold; pine needles

falling from above, they cover the ground,

like matches in children's games. Roofs, fences, mountains

the edges are clearly visible. The air is cool.

The dog looks like it's older, the kids look taller.

We hide our neck deeper in the collar

we put our hands in our sleeves and believe

like Penelope that such a wonderful world will not perish.
Katie Evans

Your turn

Feel grateful. For what do you thank your lucky star?

Such is the story

What you never told anyone

...

I never told anyone that I like to sit in the backyard, in the corner, and watch bees fly into their hive in the hollow of a leaning oak tree and how crows sit on the roof of a house and scare squirrels. I never told anyone that I had three false teeth and that I was once bitten by a shark, leaving a wound that I had to put 45 stitches ... that I'm afraid of deep water, but I like to swim butterfly, so I jump into the sea anyway, screaming and laughing. I never told anyone that short stories made me fear the longest, and that last winter I watched a boy feed a family of deer with crushed grain right from his hand. I never told anyone that I once stuck a glass bead up my nose just to find out what it felt like, and yes, I rescued the snails from the sidewalk and let them go into the ivy. I never told anyone that I was sad to see falling leaves and that I wanted to live in Japan when I was 93 years old and I wanted to learn how to do tea ceremonies. I never told anyone that last night I climbed to the roof through a dormer window to sit there and dream about what I would look like if I slept on the moon.

On this page, write in a mix of 6 things that you have not told anyone, and 6 things that have nothing to do with you at all. Merge together true lies and false truths. If you start to feel shy, think of the bravest person you know and complete the sentence you most want to erase. Do not show anyone what you write (unless, of course, you yourself want to).

Your turn

Definition decoder

When you deliberately use repetition in your text, the result is very entertaining. "A rose is a rose - this is a rose - this is a rose - this is a rose." The line belongs to Gertrude Stein, a famous poet of the last century. She also wrote: "To create is to create - this is to create - this is to create - this is to create - this is to create - this is to create - this is to create." Repetitive words grab attention. You are welcome! Oh please! Please, please! Pozha-a-a-luista! Is everything ready? Everything is ready? Ready already? Try to continue for yourself! Use repetition in your daily requests and questions - feel how strong (or obnoxious) they become. Pick a word and repeat it over and over (and over). Take a poem or story of yours and find 12 places where you could insert a repeat. Watch Paul Hoover embed the word "famous" 12 times in his poem. Ok, even 13 if you count the title.

Here are some more examples of words you can use to repeat:

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number - for example, 12; 105; 3.7 million ...

color - for example brown, gray, flying silver or shimmering orange ...

sign - for example, shining, or famous, or twisted, or encrypted ...

two words - for example, no way, or you must, or come on in!

Famous

The famous snow falls
covering the mountain famous with snow.
The wind shakes the famous cedars.
The stone at the bottom of the river is famous.
The most ordinary river flowing
from here to there.
The famous dust settles
in unremarkable and famous corners,
where did i stand or did you stand
and someone will stand up again soon.
Famous, again, for some reason the cup.
The bowl is famous for the spoon.
Sunshine is famous - it is the most famous
when climbing the garden fence.
The moon is famous for passing through the night
known for its darkness.
And the Earth with its sweet spirit of history
famous only for the Earth.
Paul Hoover

...

Before you hit the road

You must walk through the salt flats with pockets full of light. You must see your true radiance through the misty haze. You must read a story about a slippery past. You must go very far before you begin your journey. You must understand that when your heart is broken, the beating stops. In winter, you should see the snow falling up and down. And then you must see how it melts, even if the cold does not recede.
Patrick

Also use repetition in chants and incantations ...

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Karen bencke write more pdf. rules for fulfilling desires

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Than I write

Your turn

Hints:

Your turn

Your turn

8 rules for fulfilling desires

Windowsill desires

Your turn

The note by Annie Burroughs

Text by Annie Burroughs

From "The Magic Half"

Gift of autumn

Your turn

Your turn

Before you hit the road