News Flash! Fashion magazines have good articles. I know many people just fan through them, but I am one of those people who even reads the blurbs about the the people who write the articles. I am not sure why, but it's really not too different from reading blogs about people you don't even know. It's that "slice of life" stuff that really gets me interested and inspired.
I was reading this article in Elle about Mindy Kaling (who plays Kelly on the television shoe the Office). I was surprised to learn that she is also a co-writer, co-executive producer and real-life best friend of of B.J. Novak, who plays her crush, Ryan, on the show.
Yes, all of that Office trivia is exciting and new news to me, but I was mostly excited about her commentary on writing. Kaling said:
"I always want to write as though if someone were to photograph me, it would look like this amazing photo caught in time ... or if I died the next day, they'd be like, 'Look at her work.' And I'd look so cool."
Here are a few photos that I took in Seville Spain in 2009. I was playing with my camera at a bull fight. Whatever I caught in the photos is how I intend to write from this day forward (except for maybe on this blog, because there's something about this blog that makes me a bit of a cheese ball. I say, "Cheers to Mindy Kaling's philosophy on writing, to cheese balls and to intriguing, fantastical, on-point prose."
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