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One writer’s way of dealing with an occupational hazard

  • Writer: Kevin Armor Harris
    Kevin Armor Harris
  • Mar 16
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 18

Many of us may have sensed this: Kathleen Jamie expresses it perfectly—



“If we work always in words, sometimes we need to recuperate in a place where language doesn’t join up, where we’re thrown back on a few elementary nouns. Sea. Bird. Sky” (Findings, 2005, p164).


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