Well, I guess I'll start off by saying Happy Spring to everyone...
I just wrote an ekphrastic poem on one of my pictures. It's make up work for a (very) old class.
I have a hard time with writing. I want things to be as good as they can possibly be. And when I feel like things aren't exactly that, then I give up. I just never think anything that I do is good enough. Even when I have 20 different people telling me that it's good, I never feel confident about it. Why the hell is that? Why can't I get over these stupid insecurities from the past? I know that if I don't let it go, it's going to control the rest of my life...and I don't want that to happen.
Anyways...I sent the poem to Gene. He let Jen Bosveld read it. Jen wants to publish it in The Pudding House Magazine Issue 53. So here I am, worried that my poem is terrible, and an important person actually wants to publish it.
So now I have butterflies in my stomach. It's just weird.
8 comments:
Allison,
Butterflies--that's a good sign! That means that this in important. It is wonderful news that Jen wants to publish you, too! Are you going to post the poem/image? I am super curious.
Hey, Amy told me that you turned in a 4th quarter proposal and I have yet to read it. She was goign to give it to me when we got back to school next week. Do you have a digital copy that I could have? pretty please?
Upload the poem!
Ryan
no.
hahahaha.
i love how straight-to-the-point you are, Allison =]
and congrats on the publishing bit! that's awesome :)
oh, and i'm going to be in columbus tomorrow =]
hooray!!! i'm not! sike.
i know what you mean, seriously. hate hate hate hate that about myself.
i had something meaningful and comforting to say but i can't figure out how to say it or even what it was really... sucks.
:( I miss you guys. (not ryan, though). AH HA HA HA!!
i get to see you tomorrow!!!!
=D
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