tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post810092525754678014..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Art as JudgeBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-86591616006770656412013-10-09T15:37:21.950-07:002013-10-09T15:37:21.950-07:00Susie: Kate's latest is up for the National Bo...Susie: Kate's latest is up for the National Book Award. Go, Kate!<br />Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01210807015376289703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-25615574126583273372013-10-09T13:08:24.470-07:002013-10-09T13:08:24.470-07:00Oh, mentioning children's books! YES! Kate DiC...Oh, mentioning children's books! YES! Kate DiCamillo gets me every single time.<br />Susie Finkbeinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134090068018561836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-29016243101120874462013-10-09T12:57:24.332-07:002013-10-09T12:57:24.332-07:00Henrietta: Sounds like a great story and a good qu...Henrietta: Sounds like a great story and a good question to ask ourselves, especially as writers.<br /><br />Megan: Thanks for stopping by while you're on vacation. Glad we hit the mark.<br />Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01210807015376289703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-75455008822702407722013-10-09T10:32:14.052-07:002013-10-09T10:32:14.052-07:00I don't have time to explain because I'm a...I don't have time to explain because I'm about to drive out of internet range, but THANK YOU! This gas been one of those times where it was the absolute perfect post at absolutely just the right time. Wow. Thanks again!!! Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-39988385579232394572013-10-09T10:09:06.513-07:002013-10-09T10:09:06.513-07:00I just read 'His Love Doesn't Hurt" b...I just read 'His Love Doesn't Hurt" by Yaa Serwaa Somuah. "An African woman's story of rising up from under the oppression of extreme neglect, fear and the threat of AIDS"<br />I already have Africa in my blood. There are sooooooo many babies out there....<br />Her emotional expression is so honest, I question mine. Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-12027721786234190212013-10-09T09:35:39.572-07:002013-10-09T09:35:39.572-07:00Susie: "That kind of story makes me feel diss...Susie: "That kind of story makes me feel dissatisfied and lonely." Yep.<br /><br />Cherry: I have to re-read The Silver Chair. I recently read a book that refers to it and the spiritual lessons within, and I thought, "Oh boy, I just remember being anxious for the troops to show up." That too is the sign of a great book, one that can be read on many levels, that meets the reader where they are.<br /><br />Children's books can be especially squirmy. Kids aren't afraid of justice. In fact, they demand it.Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01210807015376289703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-80615179086602531292013-10-09T07:34:10.546-07:002013-10-09T07:34:10.546-07:00"What questions has art asked that made you s..."What questions has art asked that made you squirm?"<br />What a grand and piercing question. I may chew on that all day.<br /><br />I was doing a casual read of "The Silver Chair, (C.S. Lewis)" to my four grandchildren, trying to beguile them with my best aloud reading voices and put off the inevitable request for video games or a movie, and then we got to the second chapter, which is all about the difficulty, fears and un-safty of accepting and trusting "Aslan." Yes, that made me squirm, because I am on a quest to feel comfortable, safe, secure, self-confident; and to do the RIGHT thing, the Secure thing, the wise thing - to not be embarrassed any more, ever in my life by my choices and foolishness. Then, in her quest to appear courageous, Jill shows off. Lord, spare me. <br /><br />--And that is only a children's book. What other questions has art asked that made me squirm? Music makes me squirm; sometimes through evoking memories. Christian canvas art makes me squirm and not always in the direction of the church.Cherry Odelberghttp://cherryodelberg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-88152458193237912932013-10-09T07:00:58.398-07:002013-10-09T07:00:58.398-07:00OH! I love reading stories that make me squirm. I ...OH! I love reading stories that make me squirm. I like writing them, too. <br /><br />I think the first story that made me feel that unsettled wormy feeling was "Franny & Zooey". It was one of the first things to burst my squeaky clean, Christian school girl bubble. It forced me to wonder if I loved Jesus for who He is or for what I think He should be. After that, I read a healthy diet of Steinbeck, Dostoyevsky, Sinclair Lewis, Harper Lee, and on and on. All of them made me ponder and ask questions of myself. <br /><br />Am I thinking of others? What is my motivation for this or that? Do I do the right thing out of a sense of obligation or because I want to be righteous? Do I blindly believe what I'm told? So. Many. Questions.<br /><br />I don't care for reading that doesn't make me wonder about myself. That kind of story makes me feel dissatisfied and lonely. Susie Finkbeinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134090068018561836noreply@blogger.com