Comments on: Moodles and Bilge http://movingtofreedom.org/2012/09/13/moodles-and-bilge/ There is no tagline. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:00:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scott Carpenter http://movingtofreedom.org/2012/09/13/moodles-and-bilge/#comment-4889 Scott Carpenter Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:45:58 +0000 http://movingtofreedom.org/?p=2826#comment-4889 Hey, Jen! And thank you so much for such a nice comment, and for sharing the post. I think Brenda would have loved blogging. I don’t find that many people talking about her either, but with this post I see someone has already found it by searching for, “so you see, the imagination needs moodling”, and looking myself, I’m happy to see in the search results that many people are inspired by her words.

And you’ve made my day with your kind words. :-)

]]> By: Jen http://movingtofreedom.org/2012/09/13/moodles-and-bilge/#comment-4888 Jen Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:34:55 +0000 http://movingtofreedom.org/?p=2826#comment-4888 Wow. I needed to read this. It was just like reading the entire book all over again. For the first time I’m struck by how much of what Ueland wrote applies to blogging. And, what you wrote about the minutia — I feel that way exactly. And, the less I moodle, the less creative I am. I need long hours of dawdling to work out my slow, big ideas. They’re a luxury, but one I feel like at this point in my career I can’t afford. This is such a great post, Scott. I appreciate the shout-out. Beyond the handful of students I introduced to this book back in 1999/2000, you are the only person I’ve ever dialogued with about it. Ueland’s writing is universal and transcends time. And, I also have to say that I feel the same way when I repeatedly quote someone else in my writing. I feel like a loser who has nothing original of my own to share. But, it’s interesting; I’ve noticed that writers have the least amount of ego when it comes to sharing the brilliance of would-be competitors. Writers can’t wait to share the wondrous works of other writers. I don’t see this in any other profession. Not PR, art, law, etc. Anyway, thanks for writing this. It’s inspired me to keep pressing on with my own creative projects. I have not been blogging much lately – completely void of inspiration. So, like I said, this really spoke to me tonight. Thanks!

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