"This had been a little cranny of wild wood when she'd attended Butler, hidden away from all the trimmed lawns and shrubbery that made the rest of the university so picturesque. But she could remember slipping back here, journal in hand, and sitting under that huge..."You may notice from previous posts that I swear by the process of immersion. In addition to reading and writing and chatting up other literati about their favorite books, I often scour the web or local periodicals such as TimeOut New York or NYMag.com for inspiring talks about literature.
-"The Conjure Man" by Charles de Lint (pg. 214)
This fall I attended Edith Wharton: Old and New New York at the Morgan Library & Museum with fellow lit. nerd and my dear friend Ellen London, COO of Nothing But Gold Productions. While listening to Hildegard Hoeller, Professor of English at The City University of New York, lecture about my hometown (New York, NY) and how Wharton fashioned her own visions of this urban landscape through her novels, I felt myself transported to the seminar classrooms of Colby College, where I spent four years honing my craft. A liberal arts education offered a truly unique experience. While our recreational shenanigans couldn’t rival those of larger state schools (see: Huffington Post’s Top Party Schools of 2011), what I benefited from in turn was the insulated environment.
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We were spoiled by days like this... |
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...and evenings like this. |
What environments help you find the sanctuary to focus?