Teresa Cortez
My blogs
| Occupation | Writer |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Wabi Sabi: Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect... For starters, it's a miracle that this blog exists. I have a pathological fear of technology, of anything with buttons that is smarter than I am, which is anything with buttons or eyeballs. Wabi Sabi Words was named after a Japanese aesthetic which, when I embrace it, brings me peace. Basically, Wabi Sabi is seeing the beauty in what others throw away -- a cracked bowl, an unfinished song, a life. It's following fractures to see where they lead, shining a light in forgotten places. It's loving a life that will not last, finding peace on a road without clear signs or rest stops, seeing equal beauty in both the diamond AND the rough. This is what I write about, the rough, the shrapnel stuck in my head, my foot, my heart. |
| Interests | Writing, Reading, Film, Music, Photography, Vintage Anything, Autism advocacy, Science, Original Ideas, Telling the Truth |
| Favorite Movies | Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Holland's Opus, Chocolat', The Notebook, Contact, Finding Forrester, The Bridges of Madison County (don't laugh)...the list is endless and I can't access any more of it at the moment. |
| Favorite Music | Alternative and 70's |
| Favorite Books | Anything by David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Your Voice In My Head by Emma Forrest, The Color of Water by James McBride, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, Race by Studs Turkel, Writing Women's Lives, an anthology edited by Susan Cahill, On Writing by Stephen King, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron...I could go forever |