“One swallow does not make a summer,
neither does one fine day;
similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.”
~Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics
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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
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Yiasou!
Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the author with Paul Maher Jr. of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
She's also currently working on a memoir about growing up Greek American.
You can email her at stephanie_701 {@} yahoo.com
"Now it's jazz, the place is roaring, all beautiful girls in there, one mad brunette at the bar drunk with her boys. One strange chick I remember from somewhere, wearing a simple skirt with pockets, her hands in there, short haircut, slouched, talking to everybody." ~Jack Kerouac :::
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Many years ago I had the incredible opportunity to edit a new edition of John Muir's "My First Summer in the Sierra" and write the flap copy for the jacket. Oh how I fell in love with his beautiful prose and meaningful message! The immigrant had a profound influence on the US that can still be felt today. :::
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This morning I was craving a nature quote, specifically a mountain quote. I love New York City with all my heart, but I also love being out in nature. When I wasn't reading or writing in my diary as a kid, I was "exploring" the woods and the brooke. Muir's quote reminded me that even when you're hundreds of feet up in a skyscraper, sitting behind a computer, you can carry the mountains within you. The peace, the magnificence, the great challenge of climbing to new heights, the vantage point isn't just physical -- it's spiritual. We carry all our adventures deep within us, and we must remember that though we must sometimes priorities responsibilities we are explorers at heart. Even when you're not amongst them, the mountains are within you always. Live it.
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A splendid union of visual art and literature! Discussing the painting "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold" with artist @corpusclestudio at @metmuseum.
Charles Demuth painted it in reference to William Carlos Williams' poem "The Great Figure." One night, the poet saw a fire engine speeding down the rainy streets of New York City. So taken in by the sight, he stopped right there on the street and wrote the poem while standing on the sidewalk. :::
Jack Kerouac likewise used to pull out a notebook wherever he was to record thoughts and bits of dialogue. His friend Billy Koumantzelis seemed to think this was a rather annoying habit when he did it while they were talking in bars, he told me. Paul Maher Jr. and I wrote about William Carlos Williams' relationship with the poets and writers of the Beat Generation in "Burning Furiously Beautiful," available thru Amazon.com & BN.com.
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Do you keep a notebook and pen with you at all times? Do you write poems on your iPhone? Do you record bits of overheard dialogue? Do you stop in the rain to capture a moment in time? You don't need a perfect writing desk. You don't need a devoted length of time. Write where you are. Write on the sidewalk. Write in the rain. Write on the go. Go! Go! Go! :::
📸 by artist @patriciatudosa :::
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Keep looking up! Light pierces the darkness. ✨✨✨ :::
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I spent a summer studying art history and architecture in Salzburg, Venice, and Munich when I was a teenager. I am forever transfixed by the baroque, the gothic, the eccentric, the gaudy, the dark and moody, the mysterious. I spotted this gem right here in Midtown Manhattan, a testament to New York City's own treasured past. It makes me want to pull out my notebook and pen and translate this architectural wonder into literary explorations of the architecture of language. What places inspire you to write? :::
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When you write, no matter if it's a poem or a novel or a memoir or an essay or a script, start with the pain. Start with the desire. Start with the conflict. :::
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awesome quote!