“The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.”
~ Plutarch
Yiasou!
Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the coauthor, with Paul Maher Jr., of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
You can email her at stephanie_701 {@} yahoo.com
Happy Greek Independence Day! ζητω η ελλαδα!
Even as a child, I never understood how people could be bored so easily. There’s just so much to think about and dream about and analyze. There are memories to relive. There are plans to consider. There are stories to imagine. There are philosophical and theological doctrines to internally debate. There are literary symbols to ruminate on. There are recipes to concoct. There are wardrobes to plan.
Crossing town on foot vs. ➡️ crossing town on the bus. To understand the beautiful complexity of New York, you have to do both. Central Park and city buses alike are captivating worlds of wonder.
A few years ago, I was scheduled to meet with one of my favorite European publishers. The meeting was scheduled on my birthday. Not just any birthday. A milestone birthday. I didn’t want to miss the meeting, but a small yet persistent voice kept asking me, Do you want to remember your birthday as the day you went to a meeting? I did not. I politely bowed out of the meeting, and no one batted an eye. Instead, I took my dream vacation. The one that was years in the making. The one that led to my writing getting published and animated.
Happy birthday, Jack Kerouac!
Reading saved me as a child. I felt so different from my family and from my loud, boisterous classmates, but when I opened the pages of a book I found sensitive, quiet souls who loved nature and art. Today, books continue to be a sanctuary for me, a place of rest, a place of community and belonging, a place of understanding, a place of hope and inspiration.
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