Hedonic treadmil8/18/2023 ![]() And if someday I get to pull one of those dusty anthologies off the shelf and talk with friends and family about how I managed to get my name in its table of contents, then that moment is what creates a shared memory. The motivation to write it and the value I experienced in honing my craft at that moment in time are merely part of some greater purpose propelling me forward. If someone happens to come across one of my poems and finds value in it, that's great, but that poem is already in the past. And I’m reliving all those rejection letters by reframing them in a way that generates a positive, a lesson, a story. ![]() ![]() In a sense, that’s what I’m doing now-sharing with my readers my experience of becoming a writer. She makes a distinction between having material possessions and having experiences explaining that the benefit of experiences comes afterwards, once we can reminisce about the story and recall its nostalgia.
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