An Artist
"What does it mean "to write well"?
An artist--using the word in its genuine rather than childish meaning-is not a craftsman who knows how to evenly distribute "lively images", "telling details of everyday life", "colorful landscapes", and other trifles in his books; an artist is the one who finds a rhythm unknown before, and enlives and permeates the world he has created by this rhythm."
-Nabokov
As in ballet to portray art in movement: stretching, reaching, hoping, needing, fluid, flowing, like the wind, the water, falling leaves, the flight of birds, the work of nature every day, eye lashes, wisps of hair, a smile so tender, one stops, surrenders, turns, pirouettes, becomes true art itself. Merci, Nettie. Vous etes belle.
As in ballet to portray art in movement: stretching, reaching, hoping, needing, fluid, flowing, like the wind, the water, falling leaves, the flight of birds, the work of nature every day, eye lashes, wisps of hair, a smile so tender, one stops, surrenders, turns, pirouettes, becomes true art itself. Merci, Nettie. Vous etes belle.
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