Comments on: Book Notes: First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process, by Robert D. Richardson http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/02/09/book-notes-first-we-read-then-we-write-emerson-on-the-creative-process-by-robert-d-richardson/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kirk http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/02/09/book-notes-first-we-read-then-we-write-emerson-on-the-creative-process-by-robert-d-richardson/#comment-3953 kirk Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:25:24 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=963#comment-3953 Richardson's bio of James is wonderful, as are his Emerson and Thoreau. I have read Ghost Hunters, and it's a "fun" book that shows how someone who was otherwise very rational (James) could have gone in such an odd direction. James, however taken he was by such things as spiritualism, never seemed to be totally convinced, though, and at the end of his life dropped those ideas. I wish Richardson would write a bio of Henry James, but I guess having the "big three" that he wrote about is more than enough. Richardson’s bio of James is wonderful, as are his Emerson and Thoreau. I have read Ghost Hunters, and it’s a “fun” book that shows how someone who was otherwise very rational (James) could have gone in such an odd direction. James, however taken he was by such things as spiritualism, never seemed to be totally convinced, though, and at the end of his life dropped those ideas.

I wish Richardson would write a bio of Henry James, but I guess having the “big three” that he wrote about is more than enough.

]]> By: Steve W http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/02/09/book-notes-first-we-read-then-we-write-emerson-on-the-creative-process-by-robert-d-richardson/#comment-3946 Steve W Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:18:10 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=963#comment-3946 "All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen." Ralph Waldo Emerson "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character." Ralph Waldo Emerson "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance." Jean-Paul Sartre “All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”
Jean-Paul Sartre

]]> By: Jase http://www.mcelhearn.com/2010/02/09/book-notes-first-we-read-then-we-write-emerson-on-the-creative-process-by-robert-d-richardson/#comment-3941 Jase Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:52:36 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/?p=963#comment-3941 Very interesting, thank you for the book recommendation. I have the biography of William James already by Richardson, although I confess to not finishing it yet. William James was a very interesting fellow. I don't know if you ever read Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum, which was a very interesting take on the involvement of William James in the Society for Psychical Research, among other things. By the way, I really appreciate your appearances on the Tech Night Owl Live, which is where I first heard of you. Take care. Very interesting, thank you for the book recommendation. I have the biography of William James already by Richardson, although I confess to not finishing it yet. William James was a very interesting fellow. I don’t know if you ever read Ghost Hunters by Deborah Blum, which was a very interesting take on the involvement of William James in the Society for Psychical Research, among other things.

By the way, I really appreciate your appearances on the Tech Night Owl Live, which is where I first heard of you. Take care.

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