With Continual Reference to Justin Kahn.

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Showing posts with label Justin Kahn as Sir Thomas Browne. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Justin Is In Intense Training.

"Few people love the writings of Sir Thomas Browne, but those who do are of the salt of the Earth."
--Virginia Woolf




You probably wouldn't know this, but I have started taking my writing seriously.

I have been training myself so that I may absolutely solidify my status as a top blogger in the fourth quadrant of Cleveland Heights.

I picked up on a habit, that many great bloggers have employed: I type out a page from a work of prose I want to emulate.

Example. Every morning for the last month I have typed out a page from Sir Thomas Browne. No doubt the more perceptive of my readers have already noticed that my own prose style has been heavily influenced by his.

I copy his words, gaining strength. I try to learn what made him great. Day after day, I try to model the movement of my fingers, the structure of sentences, the selection of ideas on Sir Thomas Browne.

Finally, the lessons of the master are starting to guide me.

If I am to be great, as Sir Thomas Browne was great, I must absolutely insist that I henceforth be referred to as Sir Justin Kahn.

Thank you,

--Sir Justin Kahn.