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“The work.” I recently began to teach writing again, and I continue to assign The Elements of Style .”
“So much so that at one difficult stretch in my life I resolved to give up writing and pick up a paint brush.”
“So you want to paint like Maira Kalman!” And then she began to laugh.”
“failing, novel, my what-to-do-with-the-rest-of-my-life middle-aged crisis.”
“It is also about women holding things metaphorically.”
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“Part of my desire to paint had to do with becoming enamored with an illustration of a baby named Chloë.”
“These are just a few of their admonishments.”
“The instructor tried to guide me, to no avail.”
“This book was later updated and expanded by Strunk’s former student, E.B.”
“The instructor and I spoke only about drawing-the-pencil-related things.”
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“How was it possible that I had been staring, awestruck, at these illustrations without asking myself who Maira Kalman was— an acclaimed writer and artist who has published over 30 books and illustrated many New Yorker covers, a few of which I loved so much I had set them aside to savor.”
“Omit needless words.”
“I simply wanted to lose myself in color.”
“White, and it has continued to evolve with multiple editions, including the one that contains the depiction of Chloë.”
“She said she had read something of mine, and that she could see why I was drawn to these illustrations.”
“Article continues after advertisement It wasn’t that I supposed that by learning to paint I might master shape and form and apply it to my work.”
“I read passages aloud with such reverence that you might think I was quoting a sacred text or reciting from a cherished volume of poetry, although given the proliferation of AI editing tools that not only volunteer to correct grammar, but to rewrite entire chunks of prose, I’m not sure that my students—or anyone for that matter—cares much about The Elements of Style these days.”