Water Lilies and Revisions

[michele_lang]

Author Anna DeStefano wrote a beautiful essay today about Monet's Water Lilies and the artist's creative process at the end of his life.  Thomas Carlyle wrote, "Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains," and I need to remember this right now.  I am deep in the revision thickets for LADY LAZARUS, and I usually get lost inside the tangle of

Comments

[charleneteglia]

Ah, thanks for the link. Beautiful paintings. I love Monet's work.

[michele_lang]

You're welcome! I am a big fan of the Impressionists too, and the Water Lilies are some of my favorite paintings. Maybe I'll get out to the museum today! :)

[rosefox]

*wavewave* Awesome to meet you at RWA! Hope you don't mind me LJ-stalking you.

[michele_lang]

Not at all -- as long as I get to LJ-stalk you too :) It was wonderful to meet you, and I hope to see you again at a KGB reading soon...