Inbox emails are incessant. My work email currently has 232 emails; I managed to delete 43 emails during the past hour. Most of the emails were article links that I texted to myself or poem-of-the day emails that I had not yet read. One of the emails had a link to a book called Things Don't Have to Be Complicated. The book was a project by Larry Smith in which he asked people to send him illustrations, complete with six words to epitomize the person's life. Smith published the illustrations and six word memoirs; respondents included 8 year olds all the way through 30-somethings.
I got to thinking about my own word word memoirs(s.) Obviously, encapsulating one's life into six words is challenging---duh. When you really earnestly try to choose those six words though, it is incredibly challenging.
Here are some of my ideas:
Kind, but I sting eternally too.
I am my own worst enemy.
Sensitive to sounds; struggle with touch.
Acne or obesity? I'd take obesity.
Shards and kaleidoscope are favorite words.
Green traffic lights make me beautiful.
Weight loss goals include prominent clavicle.
Co-workers think babies are life's purpose.
Here's the link for the article about the book:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/09/six-word-memoirs-students/
I got to thinking about my own word word memoirs(s.) Obviously, encapsulating one's life into six words is challenging---duh. When you really earnestly try to choose those six words though, it is incredibly challenging.
Here are some of my ideas:
Kind, but I sting eternally too.
I am my own worst enemy.
Sensitive to sounds; struggle with touch.
Acne or obesity? I'd take obesity.
Shards and kaleidoscope are favorite words.
Green traffic lights make me beautiful.
Weight loss goals include prominent clavicle.
Co-workers think babies are life's purpose.
Here's the link for the article about the book:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/01/09/six-word-memoirs-students/
