Writer's Block: My word

[tinhuvielartanis]

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RUSSELL HOBAN

He writes with such a poetic style, you just want to immerse yourself in what he's saying simply because he is saying it. It might be a terrible thing he is relating to the reader, but the reader longs to be a part of it nonetheless simply because of the pure beauty of the words that comprise the structure of Hoban's narrative. Everything he writes is like this. When I read Hoban, I become duplicitous. There's the Tracy that follows the narrative and understands the story for what it is, and there's the Tracy that reads Hoban for the pure and simple joy of being a part of the architecture of his language. I strive for that. I would give anything to possess that ability, to have that writing style. Take, for instance, this example...

The world vibrates like a crystal in the mind; there is a frequency at which terror and ecstasy are the same and any road might be taken.

Russell Hoban The Medusa Frequency

There is a mystery that even God cannot fathom, nor can he give the law of it on two stone tablets. He cannot speak what there are no words for; he needs divers to dive into it; he needs wrestlers to wrestle with it, singers to sing it, lovers to love it. He cannot deal with it alone, he must find helpers, and for this does he blind some and maim others.

Russell Hoban Pilgermann

Would I trade permanently? I don't think so. I'd prefer to trade long enough to learn from Mr. Hoban's brilliance and try to hone my own meager abilities. Hopefully, someday, I could measure up to him and his vast talents.

Comments

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

I think I would like to have the ability to write of almost any of my favorite authors. I like my own style- I'm just lazy/busy/blocked so much of the time...

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Oh, but when you do write, such magick there is to be read.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

Thank you, m'dear...