Writing toward new meanings
Michael Cunningham:
You could say that writing is a continuation of that effort to render and recognize everything and everyone by naming their qualities, ideally from an illuminating angle — by naming them in ways that are both recognizable and unfamiliar, by combining words unconventionally so that, coming into contact, they emit new sparks of meaning. You attempt to invigorate the names of objects and beings and emotions by finding new variations. You try to imbue them with a vitality that may have faded by being called by the same name, over and over, throughout the centuries.
Unsayable: A Life in Writing, p. 6
