I hope you’re having a beautiful Friday. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

T.G.I.Forfatter (writer)

(23 June 2018)

Did you know that Norwegian is the only language that I know in which the word “writer” starts with a letter “F.”  I looked, as you can see by the extensive list below!  Thus it is the only language I could use yesterday to fit our “TGIF: What It Really Means” category. I love the beauty and diversity of these languages.  I apologize about the confusion.  This is a next day edit to explain! Our contributing homeless artists write beautiful poetry and I believe could sell their works, if they were so inclined.  Johnny O’s poems have been shared on television in Denver and he belongs to a vibrant and very hip writers group there.  Cord’s poetry and photos are exquisite, each one a work of art.  So I wanted to encourage Cord, Johnny and anyone who has the courage to “sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

“Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself…It’s a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.” – Harper Lee

“Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.” – Gao Xingjian

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” – Flannery O’Connor

“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.” – Octavia E. Butler

from Why I Write

TGIF – What It Really Means

Thank Goodness I’m a Forfatter*

*escritor
*skrywer
*shkrimtar
الكاتب*
*գրող
*yazıçı
*লেখক
*idazleak
*пісьменнік
*pisac
*magsusulat
*wolemba
*scritturi
*spisovatel
*schrijver
*verkisto
*kirjanik
*manunulat
*kirjailija
*écrivain
*skriuwer
*escritor
*მწერალი
*Schriftsteller
*συγγραφέας
*લેખક
*ekriven
*marubuci
*ka mea kākau
סופר*
*लेखक
*kws sau ntawv
*író
*rithöfundur
*onye edemede
*penulis
*scríbhneoir
*scrittore
*ライター
*ಬರಹಗಾರ
*жазушы
*អ្នកនិពន្ធ
*작가
*nivîskar
*жазуучу
*ນັກຂຽນ
*auctor
*rakstnieks
*rašytojas
*Schrëftsteller
*писател
*mpanoratra
*എഴുത്തുകാരൻ
*kittieb
*kaituhi
*लेखक
*зохиолч
*စာရေးဆရာ
*लेखक
لیکوال*
نویسنده*
*pisarz
*escritor
*ਲੇਖਕ
*scriitor
*писатель
*tusitala
*sgrìobhadair
*писац
*mongoli
*munyori
اديب*
*ලේඛකයෙක්
*spisovateľ
*pisatelj
*qoraa
*escritor
*nu nulis
*mwandishi
*Writer
*нависанда
*எழுத்தாளர்
*రచయిత
*นักเขียน
*yazar
*письменник
مصنف*
*yozuvchi
*người viết
*ysgrifennwr
*umbhali
שרייַבער*
*onkqwe
*umlobi

Source:  Google Translate.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  If you get a moment, please send a prayer and/or good thoughts for two beautiful creatives souls and under1000skies’ artists, Johnny O who hasn’t been seen in a couple of weeks, and my son Ben Archer, missing since March 2, 2016.   ♡  Thank you. ♡

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