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what is writing

What is writing if not an exercise in recuperating memory? It is stopping to listen – of consciously being alive and attentive. Memory is the mentor of imagination, as stars are its vectors. The discipline of writing is also a great gift, a freedom – by writing one is gradually relieved of the sense of uniqueness of self. It is in many ways a liberating shuffle in the direction of humility - from a letter Dominique Botha had written to her parents to explain her thoughts behind the writing of her (2013) novel, False River

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Monday, February 07, 2011

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