The Author of Eat Pray Love, has been busy.
Her new book "Committed-A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage" would turn Lisa on and Sarah off just from the cover....Why you might ask.... Lisa loves a title and and then a colon (or implied colon) and sub title. Sarah hates a title that is smaller than the author's name. Although if you consider the whole of the artwork in which the title is embedded I think it is bigger :)
This is the story of Ms. Gilbert getting married. If any of you have read it, please use the barely used comment button to reply. Except Nancy of course because "She doesn't BLOG!" Which is actually just reading, but hey I'm done with that argument.
Two interesting videos below. One is Elizabeth Gilbert speaking about her writing muse...I think it is fascinating, the other a trailer for EPL. Let's go when it gets here!
3 comments:
This is great! I had no idea there was an Eat Pray Love movie and that Julia Roberts was going to star as her. Looks good.
I also love the talk Elizabeth Gilbert gave on her "muse". Interestingly I just got The Fountainhead and read the forward by Ayn Rand. E G's/and the ancient pre-Renaissance philosophy appears to be the opposite of Ayn Rand's. Ayn is an atheist and believes that the highest form of life is Man and that Man and his creativity/genius is responsible for the greatest things ever in the world.
Also interestingly I have been reading some old poetry, Keats, Browning, Dickinson, etc. And Elizabeth Gilbert is right, so many many brilliant talented people died young. If not directly by their own hand, then they lead reckless lives, overwhelmed by their talent and died as a result of their reckless choices, ala Keats drowning.
So interesting. Thanks!
Deb
Thank you for your comments Deb,
I thought her speech?[ lecture? wrap up :)] on the muse was fascinating as well. I love listening to a good speaker and she was so interesting,(Whether one agrees or not) It's not a given that a writer can speak, but she was great. (Odd hair choice, but now I'm just being picky!) The Amy Tan lecture was also interesting right next to hers.
This is great! I had no idea there was an Eat Pray Love movie and that Julia Roberts was going to star as her. Looks good.
I also love the talk Elizabeth Gilbert gave on her "muse". Interestingly I just got The Fountainhead and read the forward by Ayn Rand. E G's/and the ancient pre-Renaissance philosophy appears to be the opposite of Ayn Rand's. Ayn is an atheist and believes that the highest form of life is Man and that Man and his creativity/genius is responsible for the greatest things ever in the world.
Also interestingly I have been reading some old poetry, Keats, Browning, Dickinson, etc. And Elizabeth Gilbert is right, so many many brilliant talented people died young. If not directly by their own hand, then they lead reckless lives, overwhelmed by their talent and died as a result of their reckless choices, ala Keats drowning.
So interesting. Thanks!
Deb
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