the well written - hermann hesse

How absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One
should not speak of animals in that way. They may be terrible
sometimes, but they're much more right than men...They're never
in any embarrassment. They always know what to do and how to
behave themselves. They don't flatter and they don't intrude. They
don't pretend. They are as they are, like stones or flowers or stars
in the sky.

- Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

By Laura Siadak

illustration - laura siadak

Laura has a talent with the eerie creatures approaching from shadowed forests
and overgrown tree groves and murky lakes.  Any of these would inspire its own
fantastically touching tale of nature, love, and truth.

Nothing is more real than fiction.  Nothing helps us make sense of the real world
more than fiction. Nothing instills in us empathy for others like fiction. As David
Foster Wallace said, “Fiction’s about what it is to be a fucking human being.”  
- via Greg Zimmerman at BookRiot

on writing - walt whitman

I am large, I contain multitudes.

- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

By Laura Siadak