Have you heard of six-word memoirs? They’re in full swing over at SMITH Magazine (which is, by the way, a pretty cool site in general — wow, the human impulse to tell stories…). You can find out more in this New Yorker article, a brilliant marriage of information and demonstration.
I keep trying to come up with my own six-word memoir, but… can’t tell me in six words.
However, today I stumbled across this, and thought, But here I am in 20…
“I am always doing that which I can not do,
in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso
What’s your story? (And if it’s six words, go tell it to SMITH too!)
Often, Mr. Magoo knows mystic rest.
Ah, the cartoons of my youth!
Life as adventure, intrigue, heroism, laughter…
Laughter so often the best choice.