tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post655376444527949670..comments2024-03-15T12:42:11.939-04:00Comments on Noblemania: Your life, my book: the morality of writing biographies, part 1 of 2Marc Tyler Noblemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611875170009784219.post-6967289173430096772009-08-11T10:22:31.179-04:002009-08-11T10:22:31.179-04:00Marc--
Just read your two-page entry linked bel...Marc--<br /> Just read your two-page entry linked below--well done. I especially liked the excerpted sentence--"A biography is a tool for imagining another person, to be used along with other tools. It is not a window or a mirror."--and would add that, at least for me, imagining or entering into another person's life provides me with fuel for my own. I am not so much interested in titillating info (in adult non-fiction) except that, as a therapist, it allows for some understanding of how motivation underlies behavior. But my main reason for writing juvenile biographies is to offer examples of humanity--in all their messiness and beauty--which allow kids (developing/striving human beings) to learn about strategies for living and developing their own skills. That sounds so high-minded, but knowing/seeing/hearing that Jimi Hendrix' hours spent listening to his father's old blues and jazz records trained his ear and hands, points a way for a kid who may be discouraged after picking up the guitar for five minutes. In the end, I write my biographies for myself, because those stories teach me how to move from day to day, how to persevere, and how to achieve goals that I've set for myself, whether they involve playing music or becoming the superhero of my own life.<br /><br />best, and thanks for the good read,<br />GARYGary Goliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127372899930189959noreply@blogger.com