[MD] On Pirsig's letter to Paul Turner

[Dan Glover]

Adrie,

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Adrie Kintziger <parser666 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As Dan wrote;,
>
> "I am a writer. Not that you would know that, and not a good one,
> apparently. A writer. Me. Not a writer that enough people read to
> enable me to write full time. Nope. Instead, I have to work a job to
> keep the lights turned on and so forth and so on. Nevertheless, I
> can't help but think I have it in me to write something good. Not
> withstanding the fact I have yet to do so. Write anything good."
>
> ----------------------------
> This piece and the above that i left out of the snip was so nice to read and
> enjoy the words that it deserves to be spoken of.
> You have a very good handling of words and the syntaxis to connect them,..
> if i'm allowed to use  a metaphore here,you have the ability to make the
> chords sing and sound.It is not about knowing the chords,or about the
> setting of your fingers on the guitar's neck,but about how to make them
> sound.
> You'r a very capable writer, Dan,and the story's are simply there to
> harvest.
> Look around you,they are everywhere.Searching for the narrator to tell them.
> Simply look around in your national parks, your country's history, The
> records on Ellis island,....etc ,etc....,there are no limitations other
> than one's imagination or skills to record it and to reshape it into a book.
> It always starts with page one.

Dan:
Thank you so much, Adrie. And yes, stories are everywhere. I've
actually written a number of books. I think around 23 and counting
though I could be wrong about that. About the 23. Could be more or
less. I rarely get hung up on such trivialities. And so then I've also
had numerous arguments with other authors who's books are not selling
either. To me, if a book isn't selling, there is only one reason. It
isn't good enough. Period. That doesn't mean the book can never be
good enough, however. It means revision is in order.

> Gaugin moved to Tahiti to get inspired, Van Gogh went to Arles, Jaques Brel
> moved to Hiva Oa ,...but the works they made in France, Belgium or
> Netherland were not of any lesser importance.Not a bit.Proving the point
> that it is possible to remain in 'situ',and recreate the universe in one's
> own way.

Dan:
Yes. An artist creates a unique world all their own. Edgar Rice
Burroughs who wrote the Tarzan books never once set foot on the
African continent. Emily Dickinson rarely left her own bedroom. So
yeah...

>
> I'm learning Diets, Plaudiets, and Plattduuts for the moment,(but only to
> read.)
> An enormous historic record becomes availiable these days for common
> people, after and during the google bookscan project.They are scanning book
> that are more than 300 years old.Keeps me occupied.
> I'm learnig about the rootlanguage that made up my Flemish.

Dan:
Highly interesting, yes.

>
> Thinking of what you said about pronunciations of French and Spanish and so
> on,just try them on native speakers, sure they will try to help you.
> Some creativity is allowed here.

Of course.

Thanks again!

Dan

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