Brenda! What a great post. I'm with Tracey--that little whale fluke hit me, too. But also the photo of the grand hotel, and the urgency of your quest. You're breathing new life into forgotten stories and characters. A noble calling.
Brenda, this is a vivid and inspiring encouragement to dig into archives and other research to enhance our writing. I join Jan in awaiting the exhibit-to-be!
I was standing on the Little Bridge yesterday and now realizing that I also experienced the bridge itself as an object facilitating time travel. I was flooded with other memories from decades past on that same spot. These objects become like "keys" in The Matrix movies that provide entry to another dimension.
Fascinating. What captured my imagination was the beautifully rendered ink drawings of the whale and fluke — and those torn pages. You can’t help but feel the past reach through the centuries, feel the anger and perhaps fear. I’m no historian, but having been toying with the idea of looking to the past for inspiration.
What struck me about this post was your obsession with this moment from the past. Through that obsession, you tip-toed up to that moment and had a special kind of sensory experience of it. I think that is time travel!! (Minus the DeLorean!)
Beautifully structured as a short piece and captures perfectly how historians feel about our subjects. We know them, they just happen to be dead. Great work, Brenda! As usual.
Thank you, Audrey—I am forever grateful you came with me for those 4 LONG days in the Portsmouth library. And Mr. Barnabee and Innisfail and music history aren’t even your field <3
I can’t wait to see this exhibit! Nothing I like better than time traveling.
Brenda! What a great post. I'm with Tracey--that little whale fluke hit me, too. But also the photo of the grand hotel, and the urgency of your quest. You're breathing new life into forgotten stories and characters. A noble calling.
Brenda, this is a vivid and inspiring encouragement to dig into archives and other research to enhance our writing. I join Jan in awaiting the exhibit-to-be!
I was standing on the Little Bridge yesterday and now realizing that I also experienced the bridge itself as an object facilitating time travel. I was flooded with other memories from decades past on that same spot. These objects become like "keys" in The Matrix movies that provide entry to another dimension.
Fascinating. What captured my imagination was the beautifully rendered ink drawings of the whale and fluke — and those torn pages. You can’t help but feel the past reach through the centuries, feel the anger and perhaps fear. I’m no historian, but having been toying with the idea of looking to the past for inspiration.
Fascinating! A researcher's dream — there's nothing quite like following a lead to somewhere new. Can't wait for the exhibit!
What struck me about this post was your obsession with this moment from the past. Through that obsession, you tip-toed up to that moment and had a special kind of sensory experience of it. I think that is time travel!! (Minus the DeLorean!)
Beautifully structured as a short piece and captures perfectly how historians feel about our subjects. We know them, they just happen to be dead. Great work, Brenda! As usual.
Thank you, Audrey—I am forever grateful you came with me for those 4 LONG days in the Portsmouth library. And Mr. Barnabee and Innisfail and music history aren’t even your field <3
But it was fun!