The Spiritual Aspect of Writing Memoir: How We Find Stories in Our Quest to Find Meaning
PART ONE
Wednesday March 27, 2024
Good morning beloved reader,
During the 3rd semester of the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, we were required to write a “Critical Thesis.” My third semester writing advisor was the wonderful human and author Lawrence Sutin, and I was grateful he encouraged me to dig deep into my obsessions, which even back then in 2016, were spirituality and story.
Similar to how I shared my 4th semester MFA Graduating Lecture here, I also thought that my Critical Thesis may be of interest to readers and/or writers in this community.
(I was also fortunate to get an excerpt of this critical thesis published in the Tiferet Journal; Fostering Peace Through Literature & Art.)
And so my dear reader, please find below Part 1 of The Spiritual Aspect of Writing Memoir: How We Find Stories in Our Quest to Find Meaning.
Side note: I recorded myself reading this post for you dear reader, but we are still without WiFi (see last post) and when I tried to upload it over cellular phon…