Brownell Landrum - 012

Brownell Landrum says, “Lose yourself in the fiction, find yourself in the truth.” Her books are rife with lessons. We got into all my favorite stuff, and I learned plenty of new references and descriptions of consciousness. Reincarnation is a theme in her writing… over and over again.If you can figure out who the historical couple from her book We Meet Again is, she’ll send you one. Can you figure it out? She presents an interesting notion of lovers reincarnating and meeting in many eras of Earth’s history. Along with several fiction and children’s books, Brownell has written several nonfiction books as well. We discussed the bridge between fiction and non-fiction when she talked about The Art and Science of Wishing. The conversation I like to have with fiction writers about the origin of stories and thoughts and the mechanics of consciousness was especially rich with Brownell because of not only her fiction but also her nonfiction subject matter.Three writers she referenced stood out to me regarding how thoughts are things and our connection to unseen reality. Harold Percival, Michael Newton, and the book by Liz Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.She read several of her poems for children, but really, anyone. They all sound like sound advice to me. You can see a complete list of her creative activity here.She even has a Cosmic Wish Experiment and her own podcast called Life’s a Trip!Please check out all of my flash and microfiction and other writing at easytopia! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit commercialherschel.substack.com/subscribe