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Featured Artist:
Karen Hogan
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I believe we are spirits learning to be human. And for me, epiphanies come in those moments when the sacred meets the profane – when the spirit feels the full impact of what it means to be housed in a mortal body, and simultaneously, the earth-bound self recognizes it is part of something bigger than itself – part of a continuum of human experience.
That’s the thread that weaves through my work.
I think of writing as my dowsing tool. I use it to find what’s below the surface. Exploring the form, and then crafting it using my knowledge of the language is how I get to what I want to say.
I am currently working on a novel told in short stories called Still Life, but also write short stories, poems, creative nonfiction, and lyrical essays.
I host Saturday Salons once a month at 4th Street Studio, Livermore’s Literary Arts Center, and publish and edit an anthology of writers who attend the Salons. The fifth annual anthology will be published in the Fall of 2009.
In 2005, I submitted a proposal for integrating literary arts into public art to the Livermore Commission for the Arts. A quote from William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech was a cornerstone of that proposal. The quote is installed at Livermore Valley Performing Arts Plaza on First Street. This same passage from the speech was quoted by actor Forrest Whitaker at President Obama’s inaugural concert in January of 2009. I encourage you to take a look at the quote, and then Google William Faulkner Nobel Prize speech.
Though Faulkner addresses his remarks to writers, his call to banish fear from the workshop applies to all artists.
Please visit my blog at writingshed.wordpress.com.
To read Karen's work "Silk Parasols" "Dreamtime" and "Railroad Cafe" please click on (read more) below.
Contact Karen at
email:KarenWrites@pacbell.com or phone: 925.980.2484
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Legacy Real Estate
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Livermore, CA 94550
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