Because "words do not live in dictionaries; they live in the mind"....

[Skidmore]

This is a treasure. Please go just for the pleasure of hearing Virginia Woolf's voice speak these words about crafting language. Like finding a rare gem amongst clods of dirt.

http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/04/29/craftsmanship-virginia-woolf-speaks-1937/

On Craftsmanship: The Only Surviving Recording of Virginia Woolf’s Voice, 1937
by Maria Popova
“Words belong to each other.”

On April 29, 1937, as part of their Words Fail Me series, BBC broadcast a segment that survives as the only recorded voice of Virginia Woolf — passionate love-letter writer, dedicated diarist, champion of reading, widely mourned luminary, muse to Patti Smith.

The meditation, which was eventually edited and published in The Death of the Moth and Other Essays (public library) in 1942, a year after Woolf’s death, was titled “Craftsmanship” and explores the art of writing. ...

[marym625]

1. Very cool!

Love the way she said, "mysterious."

Thanks for the post!