as for writing your own future, i alluded to similar ideas in my post on my infatuation with stories other than mine… but if i master telling my own story i think i would quite enjoy it…

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thanks.

Blogging is transformative, mindful, even magical – much in the way you storied and John summarized.

When we put things in writing they can become true – especially when others read it. It spreads.

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@Jonathan, Good luck with it. I tried something similar last year with my “visionary classroom blogging” project for my seniors, and hit a brick wall. They didn’t want to seek meaning in school and writing; they’d already learned writing was something they had to do, instead of wanted to do. There were a couple of exceptions, but not many.

I think a creative writing or college course might have more success than an academic one. But I said all that in the “For the Roses” piece.

I’d really love to hear any more successful approaches you discover. We know the magic. It’s the entry and door-opening that are hard.

@Kate, I love the time-travel/dialogues w/your younger self idea. Hope you report on it if you try it.

@Bill, Thanks for that. I almost want to take another stab at a shorter version. I get the feeling my length is typically too long for most readers’ attention spans these days. A Twitter syndrome? If so, it’s a shame, because I really think what’s seen in this post is worth reflection. I’m so tired of tool-talk.

When people talk about how blogging is different than more traditional means of publishing, I will point them to this piece.

An amazing job of bringing these pieces together.

Since this advice came to me I see it as the secret to my teaching and writing practice as well. To respond with mindfulness and rigorous pratice but to surrender to what you call the “context, with its unpredictable and often wild instant feedback, …its own fateful force.” The classroom, the blog, the day.

Your personal narrative assignment would be a welcome part of my Memoir class for seniors this fall. Teaching “The Time Traveler’s Wife” a colleague asked students to write the narrative of meeting their younger self. What would you say to yourself if time allowed you to do so?

Thanks, as always.

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