Donn Harris
1 min readJan 16, 2022

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Andrea: I have been in a massive snow storm, intermittent power; working on fiction separate from medium. So happy to reconnect through this piece. You were talking about structure - I believe you have natural structure in your head, that's why you're digressions are so fluid and so connected - you can meander about, confident you'll get back to where you need to be. The well-placed digression reveals so much about the central theme, or the central person. Too much of today's writing lacks that touch. In the interest of clarity, sometimes the hyper-focus is a little narrow. You however have a wonderful circular quality in your pieces - as you move forward you're circling your topic, dancing around it, getting back to it, circling a new idea, returning, moving forward the whole time. You write fearlessly - you don't seem worried about much. You flow.

As for the topics of lying and truth - possibly my main theme. Check out this piece - MENDACITY, from the Latin mendacium or the ItaIian mentire.

https://medium.com/illumination/mendacity-desperately-creative-america-c3b305c6c1d2?sk=b5fbdf0ddd7ca20b16aa894d47d9ae42

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Donn Harris
Donn Harris

Written by Donn Harris

Seeking Something Like the Truth: Paradigm Shifter; decidedly risk-friendly former CA Arts Council Chair; led SF, Oakland Arts schools; USAF vet; Father of 2

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