Reading Ralph Waldo Emerson to any length is a lot like spending an afternoon in a pottery museum. Imminent disinterest is moments away in every pottery museum on earth. Half the time they are not even pots, just shards of dirty glass under clean glass. But let’s put away the dirty dishes from the museum, I’m here to give Emerson…
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Self Reliance For Writers
by LukeSpartacus •
I’m re-reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-reliance,” and hearing it speak to me in new ways as my focus hones in on writing. A lot the essays says is applicable to that profession. Emerson’s second paragraphs begins with the declaration that “There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction…