Just what I needed to read on a Monday morning. Now feeling all geed up and motivated, thank you Charlotte! Also Anne Enright’s The Green Road - what a writer & what a book. Dusting it off and having another look today ❤️
Thanks Charlotte. Very naf of me, but I've always been inspired by the Beatles and Enid Blyton. They inspired me as a child and their inspiration has never left me. Thy inspire me because no matter what, they kept going. It's only in hindsight - in reading a few paragraphs now - that I see what a "bad" writer Enid Blyton was, in literary terms. But who cares about that, really? She kept doing it anyway. I love the story of the Beatles getting back from one of their gruelling stints in Hamburg, before they were famous, going home to Liverpool and not contacting each other for some weeks. But then they found themselves together again, because they couldn't stop. Only death and mortal illness stopped John and George; the other two, as we know, are still kicking on out there. I went to see McCartney in Sydney with my partner and Mum (I told you I was naf). He said it was obvious that all people really wanted was the old Beatles songs (the giant singalongs) and he was willing to oblige, but he was going to play his new songs, too, because it made him happy. This keeping-going - which might just be a complete inability to stop, so not such a virtue - is inspiring to me.
Just what I needed to read on a Monday morning. Now feeling all geed up and motivated, thank you Charlotte! Also Anne Enright’s The Green Road - what a writer & what a book. Dusting it off and having another look today ❤️
Thanks Charlotte. Very naf of me, but I've always been inspired by the Beatles and Enid Blyton. They inspired me as a child and their inspiration has never left me. Thy inspire me because no matter what, they kept going. It's only in hindsight - in reading a few paragraphs now - that I see what a "bad" writer Enid Blyton was, in literary terms. But who cares about that, really? She kept doing it anyway. I love the story of the Beatles getting back from one of their gruelling stints in Hamburg, before they were famous, going home to Liverpool and not contacting each other for some weeks. But then they found themselves together again, because they couldn't stop. Only death and mortal illness stopped John and George; the other two, as we know, are still kicking on out there. I went to see McCartney in Sydney with my partner and Mum (I told you I was naf). He said it was obvious that all people really wanted was the old Beatles songs (the giant singalongs) and he was willing to oblige, but he was going to play his new songs, too, because it made him happy. This keeping-going - which might just be a complete inability to stop, so not such a virtue - is inspiring to me.
Completely agree with your final point… we need to stay connected to the work, and the way to do this is to work…