Comments on: 2009 Commencement Address http://whidbeystudents.com reviews, interviews, contests and more from the Whidbey MFA community Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:26:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Edie http://whidbeystudents.com/about/2009-commencement-address/#comment-796 Edie Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:47:22 +0000 http://whidbeystudents.com/?page_id=609#comment-796 Tess is a most interesting speaker/writer, and her ideas are provocative and challenging. I could indeed find more time to spend creating if I just skipped the trivia- reading foolish news stories, junk mail, book titles. But I loved reading the books and writers she suggested and had to copy down a few to peruse. Love the way she uses language: " membrane of love" for instance. But my words fumble and brail. Enjoy this brilliant weather and solitude with your muse. Thanks and love always, ERW Tess is a most interesting speaker/writer, and her ideas are provocative and challenging. I could indeed find more time to spend creating
if I just skipped the trivia- reading foolish news
stories, junk mail, book titles. But I loved reading the books and writers she suggested and
had to copy down a few to peruse. Love the way she uses language: ” membrane of love” for instance. But my words fumble and brail. Enjoy
this brilliant weather and solitude with your muse. Thanks and love always, ERW

]]> By: Carol Frischmann http://whidbeystudents.com/about/2009-commencement-address/#comment-769 Carol Frischmann Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:35:43 +0000 http://whidbeystudents.com/?page_id=609#comment-769 Whenever I hear Tess read, I cry. As I did when she gave her address. Thinking about this, I believe it is because she was the first person of literary note, in a reading here in Portland, who made me feel as if she viewed my efforts at writing as important as hers. She left no doubt that I could achieve something significant if I put truth as I felt it on paper. That comes to me through this address, but perhaps that's simply how I see her . Perhaps others have a view of this idea. To me, this is the ideal graduation gift. Whenever I hear Tess read, I cry. As I did when she gave her address. Thinking about this, I believe it is because she was the first person of literary note, in a reading here in Portland, who made me feel as if she viewed my efforts at writing as important as hers. She left no doubt that I could achieve something significant if I put truth as I felt it on paper. That comes to me through this address, but perhaps that’s simply how I see her .

Perhaps others have a view of this idea. To me, this is the ideal graduation gift.

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