Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. – Proverb The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. – Benjamin Disraeli I quote others only the better to express myself. – Michel de Montaigne I hate quotations, tell me what you know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Every quotation…
In 1968, A.E. Hotchner wrote a very moving tribute to his great friend Ernest Hemingway. In his book, Papa Hemingway, Hotchner shared many wonderful stories and his insight into the brilliant author. Here are some great Hemingway quotes, as recounted by A.E. Hotchner. Every man’s life ends the same way and it is only the…
On answering a question about “how” he writes, whether with an outline or notes, Ernest Hemingway stated: No, I just start it. Fiction is inventing out of what knowledge you have. If you invent successfully, it is more true than if you try to remember it. A big lie is more plausible than truth….
If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy or both–you must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it –and then make it right…
Through this year, By George Journal is celebrating one of the greatest authors of our time – Ernest Hemingway. Herein is 20 of our favourite quotes from Papa’s 1932 tribute to the sport and art of bullfighting – Death in the Afternoon. In his own bibliographical note, Hemingway writes that the book “is not intended…
A Day in the Life of Man – Sustenance for the Soul is a moving collection of verse, thoughts and quotes that takes the reader through an average day – from dawn to dusk. The assortment of bons mots will encourage reflection, reawaken hope, and draw energy from within. Read the post from the day…
These past two days we have been fielding the question, “Why sloughing and snake images to describe your business activities?’ # 1 – It’s a vivid image that caught your attention – no? #2 – It’s an accurate analogy of the process we have undertaken to freshen up our look and to re-introduce our social…
CG&A COMM has issued a release to relate the company’s plans to intensify its writing services and advocacy work. Here is an excerpt from that statement: A snake’s sloughing process has it rubbing against rocks and sticks to peel back and shed weathered skin, and reveal it’s bright, new coat of scales. Through this molting, the animal is…
In our e-newsletter delivered earlier this week, I boldly revealed my 2012 resolution to write more. (BTW – click here to read our e-newsletter which contains a selection of “Our Favs” from By George Journal posts.) The # 1 question that has been asked of me since this revelation has been “What can we expect this year?” Well, currently…
Facebook wall photos are our modern-day hieroglyphics. We tweeted this observation the other day and nobody was interested enough to respond. Our hypothesis is that, with the growing array of social media tools available for our daily communications, people have lost the interest to write and to read. There’s no time for words when…
What is it that we humans depend on? We depend on our words… Our task is to communicate experience and ideas to others. Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962)
So you’ve unwrapped a new blog, got yourself on Twitter and are increasing your comments and activities on Facebook. Still, there doesn’t seem to be an interest in what you’re doing and what you’re saying. How do you get attention for your ideas? How do you get your readers involved in your dialogues? Here are…
Further to Chris Hedges’ argument within Empire of Illusion, here is his thought on the role of the Internet as a contributing factor in the devolution of our society. In a piece entitled, “The Information Super-Sewer”, Hedges contends that our society and man’s ability to properly communicate are threatened in having virtual realities replace the real world. He…
Here’s the crux of the argument presented in Empire of Illusion, a disturbingly invigorating book on the demise of our North American society. The more we sever ourselves from a literate, print-based world, a world of complexity and nuance, a world of ideas, for one informed by comforting, reassuring images, fantasies, slogans,…