THE LONG HAULHow to keep goingAmy Shearn·FollowFeb 11, 2021--ListenShareDeep Time image courtesy of the Long Now FoundationHow To Keep GoingA series of thoughts on long term projectsamyshearn.medium.comWriting the Neverending NovelDorothy Richardson worked for decades on a 13-volume long novel about… nothing much really. Why?amyshearn.medium.comA Mother Is An AnimalThis is part of a series of thoughts on what it takes to stick with a very long term project. This section was written…amyshearn.medium.comIt Is Solved By WalkingAn amble through various kinds of very long walksamyshearn.medium.comA Forever Full of Fleeting MomentsDeep time and daily practicesamyshearn.medium.comThe Wall, The Whale, and The White RoseSometimes there’s a fine line between a spiritual quest and a self-destructive obsessionamyshearn.medium.comPoetry and PatienceWalt Whitman worked on ‘Leaves of Grass’ for four decades. Do poets have a unique relationship with patience, perhaps?amyshearn.medium.com
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