Border's: Beelzebub?
Dec. 28th, 2002 02:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheI came into some money yesterday. I went to the worst possible place: the bookstore.
I went there specifically for the Poet's Market for 2003. Since I knew that's what I wanted, that was the last book I was going to pick up. I figured, I could buy another book or two, depending on the price.
Why did I go to the religion section? *sigh*
In the Comparative Religion aisle, I ran across a book called The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, by Matthew Fox. It looked to be a description of modern Christian mysticism. This is cool, I thought. I picked it up.
In the same section was The Hidden Gospel, a book I didn't recognize by name, but by author. Neil Douglas-Klotz. Where had I heard that name before? Then I remembered, it was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sophiaserpentia who recommended that very book. I considered my budget and thought I could stand to leave it on the shelf. Then I flipped through it and realized I would have to readjust my budget.
Then, God only knows why I wandered to the poetry area. Well, I have an idea. I've been experiencing more writer's block, and I was hoping that reading other people's poetry (published poetry!) would reinvigorate my own creativity. The first poet's name that came to mind was... Anne Sexton. I love Sexton's work. Eventually, things came down to a choice between a thin book (her Love Poems), or the Complete Poems, which only cost $2.00 more.
Then I made my way to the reference section, because that's where they keep the Poet's Market. I knew exactly where it would be. But I felt I needed to get there fast, because who knew if I could pay for everything if I stayed there any longer? Already I looked more like a library patron than a bookstore shopper. Still, on the reference shelf, I saw this very inviting book called Creating Poetry that looked like it had fresh writing exercises, exactly the thing I needed to break my writer's block. But no. I couldn't, just could not justify the cost. I put that $17.00 back. It was hard. I really wanted that book.
Now, I have four new books, to add to my pile of library books. (You'd think I'd give those priority, right? Heh.)
I'm in the middle of reading ten books.
Oh, when I got home and really looked over the books, I noticed that Matthew Fox was one of the critics quoted on the back of The Hidden Gospel. I thought that was a neat coincidence.
I went there specifically for the Poet's Market for 2003. Since I knew that's what I wanted, that was the last book I was going to pick up. I figured, I could buy another book or two, depending on the price.
Why did I go to the religion section? *sigh*
In the Comparative Religion aisle, I ran across a book called The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, by Matthew Fox. It looked to be a description of modern Christian mysticism. This is cool, I thought. I picked it up.
In the same section was The Hidden Gospel, a book I didn't recognize by name, but by author. Neil Douglas-Klotz. Where had I heard that name before? Then I remembered, it was
sophiaserpentia who recommended that very book. I considered my budget and thought I could stand to leave it on the shelf. Then I flipped through it and realized I would have to readjust my budget.Then, God only knows why I wandered to the poetry area. Well, I have an idea. I've been experiencing more writer's block, and I was hoping that reading other people's poetry (published poetry!) would reinvigorate my own creativity. The first poet's name that came to mind was... Anne Sexton. I love Sexton's work. Eventually, things came down to a choice between a thin book (her Love Poems), or the Complete Poems, which only cost $2.00 more.
Then I made my way to the reference section, because that's where they keep the Poet's Market. I knew exactly where it would be. But I felt I needed to get there fast, because who knew if I could pay for everything if I stayed there any longer? Already I looked more like a library patron than a bookstore shopper. Still, on the reference shelf, I saw this very inviting book called Creating Poetry that looked like it had fresh writing exercises, exactly the thing I needed to break my writer's block. But no. I couldn't, just could not justify the cost. I put that $17.00 back. It was hard. I really wanted that book.
Now, I have four new books, to add to my pile of library books. (You'd think I'd give those priority, right? Heh.)
I'm in the middle of reading ten books.
Oh, when I got home and really looked over the books, I noticed that Matthew Fox was one of the critics quoted on the back of The Hidden Gospel. I thought that was a neat coincidence.