Jeannine Ouellette
Memoirist and teacher whose Writing in the Dark Substack offers craft essays and prompts for a sprawling community of practitioners.
Memoirist and teacher whose Writing in the Dark Substack offers craft essays and prompts for a sprawling community of practitioners.
Jeannine Ouellette recommends this text because it articulates how desire resides in the interval between reach and grasp.
“It is always mixed. It always contains its own opposite.”
Jeannine Ouellette values this work because it provides profound insights into the nature of drawing and the essential truths of human perception.
Jeannine Ouellette values this work for containing the most honest and beautiful description of the teaching profession.
“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”
Jeannine Ouellette values the work of John O’Donohue because his luminous writing accurately captures the protective and healing essence of a blessing.
“A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, to heal, and to strengthen.”
Jeannine Ouellette values this work for articulating the honest hope that drives writers to seek out beauty and meaning in their craft.
“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?”
Jeannine Ouellette includes this text because it articulates how the ritual of gift exchange serves as a vital bridge between individuals.
“for so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.”
