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ENDURANCEWRITER

AKA Damon Arvid. Under-the-radar writer, musician. Let's keep it that way. The cloud novels and other highlights are being collected at DamonArvid.com. To access all the music and Avocado Sun, click the big black box below.

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Literary Festivals (Groan Edition)

5/28/2016

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San Miguel de Allende, 2011 - I did strike up a strong connection with a burro
I was reading this Guardian article on literary festivals with a groan in my stomach. Yeah, I have a stomachache. No hidden meaning. 

The bottom line is that I have never been drawn to literary types. Those who seem constrained by an admiration for poesy or prose. I'm sure there are writers out there I would like as humans. But within a fixed construct? Not so much.*

I've attended two Literary gatherings, one in Mexico and one in Marin. Good enough people. I did not have a real moment, because so many seemed so intent on rehashing the past. And adulating things that gave me a shrug. 

Would it be accidental if I never attended another literary gathering? Not so.

If I had time and there was a human who said "Hey Damon, let's go. Bring your flute"? Sure, I'd be there in a heartbeat. I appreciate good grooves.**

The hardest thing I have getting my head around is that writing may not be enough. Arisugawa Park may have had a lot of work put in by an original prose artist, but the chances of it getting noticed are small. Since I realized that ultimately I control it via whatever medium presents itself for dissemination, I have been walking around liberated and shit.

Best writing ever. 

In related news, Ari Park 1.20 - "Head on Desk" is near to publication. Full revelation: the only AP episode so far that gets a lot of hits is the one with the woman in the shower, obsessing over her dead lover (for good reason, as it turns out). Note to self: no more sudsy scrubbing.  Let's keep this novel on the under, for the truly elite.

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Bring Your Flute
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Mexico City: books thrive
* A lot of worthy musicians had the same problem with Isle of Wight. Which is not to say amazing music was not created.

​** Santa Cruz, '93.
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I did meet Jonathan Santlofer. Cool dude, Mr. New York.
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