Christopher Bowen's Blog, page 9
June 8, 2015
May 21, 2015
Some Favorite Movie Trailers
I actually have the audio from some of these on my home playlists. It’s so true, brevity is an art form in itself (at least to me.) I enjoy some of these more than the movies themselves…
May 19, 2015
Letting Go of Trying to be Who I Am, I Am
I feel like this is it, I’m done. Maybe just for the summer, but I’m done. I’m done trying. Trying to be a good person, a compassionate friend, a great writer, a valid co-worker. I want to let the world flow away from being. People will make their own assumptions about who I am, where […]
April 21, 2015
A Conversation with Myfanwy Collins…
CB: Thanks Myfanwy, for this opportunity. I was really inspired and empathized with a recent post on your blog about author self-promotion. On the release of The Book of Laney, you say in the first paragraph of that post: “My mission is that if reading this book can lift one young person (or person […]
April 11, 2015
March 19, 2015
Michalski’s From Here
“…as naked as the day they were born, not far from the event itself…” -”Neighbors,” From Here by Jen Michalski I’ve read Jen Michalski’s From Here. I’ve looked over some of her online interviews— Michalski is a wonderful person and writer. And I can tell that from her work. If you take anything away from […]
February 21, 2015
Bluebird, Bukowski
There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the whores and […]
There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but ...
There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I’m too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I’m not going to let anybody see you. there’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I pour whiskey on him and inhale cigarette smoke and the whores and […]
January 28, 2015
January 25, 2015
Meaning in Good Will Hunting
I first watched Good Will Hunting when I was 18, the summer after graduating from high school, with a girl I had been dating that summer. Though it’s been a little time since Robin Williams’ passing, I thought it was time to explain on my blog a little of the special meaning this movie has […]
