Theme? Writing and Life is what comes to me... how to balance the writing life with the other tugs you may have...
The ABCDEaria of the Writing Life -
E is for Elegance
What the heck does elegance have to do with it? Elegance is more than just optics - when we strive for elegance we naturally assume balance - being balanced is elegant, no? Elegance is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary thusly:
noun
- a. Refinement, grace, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.b. Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation.
- a. Restraint and grace of style.b. Scientific exactness and precision.What a crazy word it is - how can it be both restrained and opulent? Precise and beautiful? When we come up with an elegant solution to a problem we feel it. It is when we are in the zone - zooming down a hill on our skis we don't have anything flailing - we look beautiful when we do things economically and correctly - why is that? The study of beauty is something that I could write about for books and books but I do know that if I think about the balance in my life I know that I must conserve energy - I must practice restraint and try for exactitude. Elegance is a simple brush stroke, the right word, the look that heals, the touch that says so much without too much.
6 comments:
LOL - clearly you have never seen me on skis. Everything is flailing. My last instructor took away my poles.
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Good Word, I believe we all strive for a little elegance.
Jan - There is nothing like the perfectly-chosen word. 'Elegant' describes that beautifully. And when you see that in writing it can simply sweep you away.
Your last sentence says it all. And the picture...oh...love.
I don't think I'm particularly elegant, mostly because I'm too lazy to make that effort. But maybe my writing could be elegant sometimes? I dunno ... hard to judge your own work fairly sometimes. ;)
Rhonda - me as well, but still I bet you have a moment of elegance, of grace, from time to time even on your skis! And don't let any instructor take anything away from you - see Monday's post for sure!
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