#StrangePilgrims

[sunnyanddumb98]

In the writing course I'm taking, I must take a month-long break between the first draft and the second. During that month, I'm supposed to read as much as I can and take notes, erasing my own book from my mind. The goal is to read so much that I forget my voice, allowing me to have fresh eyes for editing. This week, I'll be reading Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, an Irish author, and Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez.

I'm not a fast reader, and as I've mentioned before, I have never read a book faster than it was written. Reading multiple books at a time helps, but I truly think I won't have enough distraction to reset myself enough. I can't read fast and probably only finish one new book this month. It is what it is. Thankfully and tragically, this is not a graded course, so I'm not going to fail any tests but my own—editing my book with fresh eyes.

[laurengerson]

Playing with pigment at the #StrangePilgrims exhibition @contemporaryatx. (at The Contemporary Austin)

[weallhavesolastalgia]

Ta ta, #Austin! (#BruceNauman's "Green Light Corridor" at #TheContemporaryAustin's exhibition #StrangePilgrims)

[eternalabbey]

#StrangePilgrims #GabrielGarciaMarquez #book #bookworm

[anecdotaljar]

"...in the fullness of their poetry..." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn

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"...and salvaged from the bottom of the light things that had been lost in darkness for years." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn

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"...and I did not have the courage to think about it twice." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn

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The moment of magic, of a charming and delightful diremption. #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #magicalrealism #bookporn

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Few things go better with #beer than my favorite #GabrielGarciaMarquez short story. #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn

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"and it was all that the rust of time had left intact." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn (Taken with Instagram)

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There is no such place. #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn (Taken with Instagram)

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"I wish that were true, but death makes no mistakes." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn (Taken with Instagram)

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"one could hear the music of her forgotten Portuguese." #GabrielGarciaMarquez #StrangePilgrims #books #bookporn (Taken with Instagram)

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A simple, unadorned line, heart-rending in its terrible sadness. #Marquez #StrangePilgrims #books (Taken with Instagram)