![]() ![]() We all need to learn to protect what matters most to us. So, I learn tricks and methods of keeping my focus deep, and my time sacred, during the hours of quiet. But, as our world evolves, artists are required to evolve as well. It’s trickier than ever, these days - and I admit I come out of the cave more frequently than I wish. So much stimulation! So much excitement and distraction! But the best work happens in the dark. It’s very hard to go in - especially if one has been out in the bright light for a while. In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has. ![]() She had read Slow Motion in a women’s lit class. The result is Devotion: a literary excavation to the core of a life. She has also publishing multiple bestselling memoirs. Pretentious cry baby, one reader offered. Dani Shapiro is an American author best known for writing Family History and Black & White. She is flailing, tumbling head over heels down a slope that can only end in pain and insult. We’re all deluged by email, the 24-hour work cycle, not to mention the 24-hour news cycle, images on social media, the sense of FOMO forever present - I could go on - and what is the artist, or any creative person, supposed to do with all this noise? How do we quiet down our minds enough to produce work that is clear, deep, and unconfused? I think of this as going into the cave. A writer in the midst of self-Googling is stuck in the muck of her own mind. “Ah, I’ve been thinking a lot about the cave recently! You know, our world becomes noisier with each passing day. ![]()
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