Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention. Until now there had been every urgent reason to obliterate any attention that might othe… - Joan Didion

Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention.

Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened.

When we lose that sense of the possible we lose it fast.

In was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be better than what went out on the last. I no longer believe that, but I am telling you how it was.

You’re a professional. Finish the piece. It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive.