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Janell Downing's avatar

you know what's beautiful about all of us writing from the corners of our rooms on our Target desks? for better or worse, there's a tapestry being sewn together by the thread of our words. always saying, come and listen (thanks for reminding me of one of my favorite Crowder albums :)

and that my friend, is pretty wonderful.

Happy Easter! and as another fellow writer reminded me, may you have "champagne for breakfast" (as N.T. Wright says), this Sunday.

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Drew Brown's avatar

I love that! I just want to do a study of learning all the influences of all my favorite writers and noticing the tapestry that forms from that. It would be a fascinating picture!

Happy Easter! May you have champagne for breakfast as well!

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Janell Downing's avatar

Now that would be a fun project!

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Lisa Hensley's avatar

I love these reflections on what you’re reading. Thanks for sharing.

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Drew Brown's avatar

Thank you Lisa, that is really, really kind!

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Jane Baker's avatar

I enjoyed reading this but as regards being alone in life and the loneliness v. solitude conundrum,I can't help always having the words of Kris Kristofferson slip into my mind,"Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free". I've always felt that way.

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Drew Brown's avatar

I've never heard that line but love it! Thanks for sharing :)

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Sarah K. Butterfield's avatar

Love these quotes and your reflections on them! Do you have a system for capturing and organizing quotes? I keep an epigraph journal but I always love to hear what other writers do!

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Drew Brown's avatar

Wait, what is an epigraph journal?! I'm trying to find a better way of capturing quotes. It currently looks like physically pulling the book off the shelf and flipping pages looking for it. I'm wanting to do a massive quote project by organizing all the quotes I love into some digital format, but it's daunting.

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Sarah K. Butterfield's avatar

Technically, an epigraph is a quote that speaks to the theme of the piece. In my epigraph journal, though, I just write down sentences that speak to me or resonate in some way (with author, book, and page number listed underneath.) Later, I like to flip through and use a quote to jumpstart an article, see what connections my brain can make!

I wish there was a more streamlined way to write down these quotes: longhand is just, well, long. I agree with you that it would be optimal to have in a digital format, that way it would be searchable. If you come up with an awesome system, let me know!

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Jamal Robinson's avatar

This was a wonderful piece Drew. I loved jumping around from topic to topic and piecing it all together to see the tapestry of your experiences.

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Drew Brown's avatar

Thanks so much Jamal! I just have too many quotes I want to share and too many thoughts based on those quotes!

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Ellie Darden's avatar

Always enjoy the essay, Drew.

Just wanted to say that I really liked that you included your current lists at the end. I’m listening to an oldie, but a goodie, “All Creatures,” by Kings Kaleidoscope and I’m currently reading “Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson.

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