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Posted on June 23, 2008
Filed Under Favorite Authors, Tips, Writing
Some Observations From Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
by Robert Fulghum
Fulghum’s philosophical views on the dailiness of life never fail to enchant me. I like the way he talks to his reader, on a new light… from both sides of the fridge door.
“I believe in both Show and Tell. My attitude is that I’m always talking to one person, and if I am going to address you in any form, I ought to give you every advantage I can to understand what I have to say.”
Indeed I admire authors who use high-fallutin’ words to convey their preternatural talents. But sometimes, readers don’t get the gist. They get caught up in the barrage of novel vocabulary terminology that their cerebral cortex leaves them in frustration… and utter confusion.
I like simplicity. Of uncomplicating things… and to see them as they are. I emphatically do not mean to disparage one’s intelligence. But in my own opinion, one’s thoughts and ideas are well-remembered when his audience understands him clearly. Then again, these are just my two cents. It may or may not matter to you.
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