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Rae's avatar

Love that Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk and her book Big Magic. My taking a break is going birding! Also naps and reading.

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Punit Thakkar's avatar

I take a break by writing poetry. It's the best!

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Oh! I am so going to quote you on that!

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Samuel Schaefer's avatar

Thanks for the mention! I appreciate your promotion of the many Substack poets!

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Was a poem worth mentioning, Samuel. Loved it.

And thank you for the kind words.

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Doodleslice's avatar

Simple and to the point - it's good to be reminded of, nonetheless.

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Thank you, my friend. For reading and leaving your thoughts here.

Much appreciated. Very happy to have you in my community.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you, Arjan, for featuring my piece in your Poetry elsewhere section! Is there a link available for Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk? I'd like to check it out. Enjoy your coffee!

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Hey Paul, thank you for the coffee. It tasted gooooood.

Yes, of course. I want my Poetry elsewhere section to be about the poets, in the hope people click through (and subscribe), and discover more poetry in that way. It seemed to have worked in the past. That's why I didn't link to the TED Talk in the newsletter itself. But you can find it here:

https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_your_elusive_creative_genius

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

You’re welcome to the coffee and I understand re: the link. Thank you for sending it. I promise to subscribe soon!

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

To be clear: subscribe to the linked poets. You l, in this case. I assume that those who read this, are already subscribed to my substack. Mostly. The talk is really nice. I shate it often. But I really like your take.

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