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ArtFight 2023 | 10: Paulinette For @tactical-advantage!

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The final piece of the novel's background was more personal than literary. Turgenev had never married. Like his earlier character Rudin, he had engaged in various flirtations that brought him to the brink of proposing—including with a sister each of Bakunin and Tolstoy—but he'd always pulled back. And, as was common, he had slept with serfs on his mother's estate. By far his longest-lasting attachment, however, was to a married woman named Pauline Viardot, a celebrated French opera singer whom he had met in St. Petersburg in the early eighteen-forties and then followed around Europe; he often lived in the Viardots' house, as a close family friend and occasionally Pauline's lover.

But he did, in his early twenties, have an out-of-wedlock child, a daughter, with a woman on his mother's estate. Unofficially, he acknowledged the girl and took on financial responsibility for her. When she was eight years old, he sent her to France to live with the Viardots. In the eighteen-fifties, when he himself started to make a home in France, he and his daughter, now named Paulinette, began to spend more time together. Turgenev found it frustrating work. 'She does not like music, poetry, nature—or dogs—and that is all that I like,' he complained to a friend back in Russia. This did not make her a bad person, Turgenev went on. 'She replaces the qualities which she lacks by other, more positive and more useful qualities. But for me—between ourselves—she is Insarov all over again. I respect her, and that is not enough.' The invocation of Insarov, the Bulgarian revolutionary from 'On the Eve,' coupled with the date of this letter (October, 1860, as Turgenev was beginning work on 'Fathers and Sons'), led at least one prominent Turgenev scholar to argue that 'Fathers and Sons' is also a book about Turgenev's relationship with his daughter.

~Keith Gessen [source]

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That was my #outfit for #lordofthelostensemble and #greyboulevard. Was a fantastic night! #nightoutfit #look #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #blogueusemode #blogger #styleblogger #luxury #paulinette #influencer #germany #hamburg #paulinette #fashionblogger #fashionblog #petiteblogger (à Hamburg, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B55_TsYI2QS/?igshid=1al9szbf15oe6

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Short Stories: Don’t Underestimate Your Writing

We’re getting ready for Camp NaNoWriMo this April! This month, we’re talking to Wrimos who are using the Camp format to work on non-novel projects. Today, participant Paulinette Quirindongo dives into some of the advantages of short story writing:

The novel and the story are as old as your great-grand-ancestor, yet not as old as the art of storytelling itself. Both writing forms are centuries old: the modern form of the short story dating back from the 19th century (although its traditions in oral storytelling and fables are much older), and the novel as it is recognizable today from the 15th century. These have become the two main forms of fiction writing that have been used to question, to understand, criticize and interpret the world we live in.

Writing a short story or a novel is like creating a new world from paper and ink, then plastering it on to that little new planet that is waiting to be set free from the farthest depths of the universe: our consciousness. Many people seem to think this is a simple thing to do, but we writers we know that is not an easy job. 

My first writing experience was in ninth grade. I was frustrated with the disappointing ending of my favorite series and, based on that frustration, began writing. Today I cannot stop feeling embarrassed about what I wrote in those three long notebooks, one for each year that I wrote. The three main reasons for my embarrassment are: (1) My story does not have one main topic, but infinite topics, (2) it has no coherence, and (3) I underestimated it. (The last one I will explain further on.)  

In some ways, the art of writing a novel may seem easier than writing a short story, because in a novel you have some liberty when it comes to plot and subplots, characters, symbols, and settings. Short stories, on the other hand, typically have one plot, one setting, few characters, one or two symbols. Yet they still must have substance enough to have readers become invested in the characters and outcome of your story.

Anyone can write a short story, a novel, a poem, or short fiction, but each form of story should still be carefully crafted. Writing is not just putting words on paper, (although that is an essential part); is about concentration, preparation, and consistency. 

“My advice to any of you that are planning to start a new writing form is: try it, explore it, savor it, and love it, but above all do not underestimate your writing and the type of writing form that you choose.”

It can be easy to underestimate any kind of genre when when the stakes don’t seem as high. When it comes to short stories, people tend to think that because it is a small tale, you don’t have to care as much about plot, setting, coherence, and substance. On the other hand, the main reason people underestimate novel-writing is thinking that they can put everything into the story without a care in the world how it goes together. But with both formats, you need to ask yourself: is this bit necessary? Does it serve a purpose within the plot? How does it fit in? 

A short story, yes, it must be short; but like a novel, it still needs substance, a plot, a meaning. In other words, it should still give the readers goosebumps when reading that new creation plastered into that 300 or 1,000 word count.

My advice to any of you that are planning to start a new writing form is: try it, explore it, savor it, and love it, but above all do not underestimate your writing and the type of writing form that you choose. It’s ok to be afraid of making mistakes, to feel insecure, and to think that your first draft seems bland or that that brilliant idea you had now seems dumb. It’s ok to feel like that, but do not let those demons stop you. It takes effort to try to keep to the point as we get ourselves lost in that small biosphere of writing, but it takes greater effort to face our fears and prove our doubts wrong.

Paulinette Quirindongo is a young writer from the island of Puerto Rico. She knows eight languages and is studying for her Master’s degree in History. She has participated in NaNoWriMo for the years 2013, 2014, and 2015, and hopes to participate again this year. She published her first novel in 2015 and is currently working on her second novel. She published one short story in the zinc magazine MicroCuento, created by students from the university she studied. Check out her website or preview her novel.

Top photo by Flickr user Jenn and Tony Bot.

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HOMILY for the Renewal of Vows of Missionaries of Charity

Isa 26:1-6; Matthew 7:21,24-27 (1st Thurs of Advent)

At the Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, outside the chapel (so I’m told) there is a sign with these words: “We are not here for the work, we are here for Jesus. All we do is for Him. We are first of all religious, we are not social workers, not teachers, not nurses or doctors, we are religious sisters. We serve Jesus in the poor. We nurse Him, feed Him, clothe Him, visit Him, comfort Him in the poor, the abandoned, the sick, the orphans, the dying. But all we do, our prayer, our work, our suffering is for Jesus. Our life has no other reason or motivation. This is a point many people do not understand.” These are not the words of Mother Teresa but of a priest she worked with very closely, but St Teresa often quoted these words, and spoke about them, and lived them because they sum up the calling and life of St Teresa of Calcutta and her sisters. 

Today, here in Our Lady’s House, in her Rosary Shrine, three sisters have come to renew their promise to follow in this way of love. They come from the Philippines, from Croatia, and from Germany but they are here in London today; they are “here for Jesus”. Many people will see you, sisters, in the distinctive sari-habit made famous by Mother Teresa. For me, the very sight of it, lifts my heart and makes me smile, whether it’s been in Edinburgh, or Washington DC, or in Jerusalem. And they will see the good work you do, whether in Manila, or Liverpool, or San Francisco, and they will praise you for these works. But they will not understand because there is a profound mysticism that underlies your practical works of love and compassion: you are here for Jesus. You serve Him in the poor. 

And perhaps, in the busy-ness of your daily lives it will be easy to be caught up in your work and pressured by the demands that people place on your time. However, I am reminded of St Teresa of Calcutta telling a journalist that she did a holy hour everyday, grounding her day, her life, her work in prayer, in spending time with Jesus. But the journalist pressed her: “there must be days when you have so many things that demand your attention that this becomes impossible. What do you do then?” And Mother replied, “on my busiest days, I spend two hours with Jesus in adoration!” 

Thus we hear in today’s Gospel that the sensible man, indeed, the sensible woman, the sensible sister will build her house, her works, her day, her life, on the Rock of Jesus Christ. For the demands of work will saturate us like rain; and the worries of life will crash upon us like waves; and the trials and difficulties of community life can be like strong winds buffeting us. But the one who listens to the Lord, and then acts upon his words, will be like a house built on the rock. And this applies not only to you sisters, not only to us religious and priests - although I dare say that people expect us to lead by example - but it applies to all of us as baptised disciples of Christ. Religious consecration, after all, is essentially a deepening of our baptismal vocation, a renewed commitment to live out more fully and in a public way, the promises of our common baptism.  

Therefore, before we can do any work, indeed, do anything as Christians we must first be with the Lord, spend time with him, and listen to him. In other words, we must pray. In busy cities like London, your witness to prayer and silent adoration of Jesus is especially precious and necessary. As St Teresa of Calcutta said: “We all must take the time to be silent and to contemplate, especially those who live in big cities like London and New York, where everything moves so fast... God is the friend of silence - we need to listen to God because it’s not what we say but what He says to us and through us that matters.” This, too, has been our vision in the Rosary Shrine: that Mary’s House in the city of London should be an oasis of peace, a place of silent prayer, a home for those who, with Our Lady of the Rosary, desire to listen to God and to rest in his love. We are here for Jesus. 

The world does not understand silent prayer, just as it doesn’t understand our religious vows, nor understand what motivates you today: prayer, many think, is therapeutic; it’s about getting what we want or feeling better. Vows, some assume, are imposed because religious people fear money, sex, and power. And your work, many think, is the kind of work, serving a public good, that must be accounted for and rationalised for the Charity Commission to see, critique, and understand. But all these are like sand. 

The firm foundation of our Christian lives, and of your religious profession, dear sisters, is the “everlasting Rock” of the Lord whom you have grown to love. Only Jesus Christ makes sense of who you are, and of that which we have the joy and privilege of witnessing you do here today. Sisters Paulinette, Jeanetta, and Laetitia Christi, your profession today focuses us on the essential foundation of all of our Christian lives, on love for Christ, the Rock on which we must stand. And so we stand with you in prayer and in friendship, and united in our love of God.

Your words of profession, which we will soon hear you pronounce, make this clear: you are here for Jesus. Therefore you desire to “quench the infinite thirst of Jesus on the cross” who longs for our love. Therefore you consecrate yourself to “follow Jesus more fully in your whole life”. Therefore you commit yourselves, with St Teresa, “in a spirit of loving trust, total surrender and cheerfulness. Thus the prophet Isaiah said, “trust in the Lord for ever”.

But even if the world doesn’t understand us, it does understand the fruit of your trust in God, the fruit of those hours of intimate prayer with Christ your spouse, the fruit of your total surrender to the Cross of Christ. For people understand love and compassion; they understand peace of heart and mind; they understand joy and cheerfulness. These are the fruits of our Christian life lived in the Holy Spirit so that even as we’re consumed by love as those candles are, we will shine so “as to be a light to others… It will be [Jesus] shining on others through us”. 

You have a beautiful phrase in your Profession formula that caught my attention. Through your religious consecration, you hope to “make the Church fully present in the world of today.” Indeed, the more we make ourselves present to God in prayer, present to God in the service of the poor, present to God in our sufferings for love of him, then we shall indeed, make the Church more fully present in our world because where “charity and love are found, there is God.” How we need your witness today, dear sisters. We thank you for the gift of your lives through religious consecration. By God’s grace and with Our Lady’s help, may you be missionaries in the world, radiating Christ and shining upon all with his charity. As St John Henry Newman says – and as you each say every day: “Let me preach You [Christ] without preaching, not by words but by my example, by the catching force of the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to You. Amen.”

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so today’s is @hipsthorbiotus ’s birthday and i’d like to tell y'all that she’s amazing and flawless and the best thing that happened in my life. We’ve known each other since we’re 10 and more than a decade later we’re living together, laughing together, raising a cat together… We’ve reached the old married couple stage and that’s like, ultimate friendship goals. So Paulinette, happy birthday to you my darling, i love you with all my heart and please never change. I may be grumpy and complain about all your annoying habits but the truth is the moment i’m away from you i miss you. 

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Paulinette (@PaulinetteBlog)

@bryanboy C'mon we can stay on our couch, how cool is that?

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Photo (Gabba Gabba Gorgeous) - Paulinette

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Kansas - Dust in the Wind (Nana Collaboration)... 

Me and my friends from Nana Community did this record together.

Guitar and Vocal: paulinette

Cello & Back Vocal & Percussion: eskitenekekutu (Me)

2nd Guitar and Drum: トシキ

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2019 is coming to an end. Ready to welcome 2020 and this new decade. I wish to all of you the best for this New Year. Thank you for being here. Have fun and stay safe 😘 #ootd #ootdfashion #outfitoftheday #lookbook #lookoftheday #lookdujour #todayoutfit #tenuedujour #whatiworetoday #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #influencer #lillefashion #igerslille #igersfrance #paulinette #newyear #2020 #influenceusemode #styleblogger #instastyle #metoday #blogger #blogueusemode (à Lille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vvFmGIupA/?igshid=jjjpjy0zra7q

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Une petite robe pour commencer le week-end 😊 #ootd #ootdfashion #outfitoftheday #lookoftheday #lookdujour #todayoutfit #tenuedujour #fashionblog #fashionblogger #blogueusemode #blogmode #blogger #styleblogger #styleinspo #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #igerslille #igersfrance #paulinette #petiteblogger #luxury #chloegirls #printempslille #lookbook (à Lille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bys4ZZToa4x/?igshid=5k9916pjmqp2

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Spring, I'm waiting for you ! It's still cold there. 🌸 #tree #spring #flowers #nature #photography #fleurs #printemps #beautiful #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #blogueusemode #igerslille #igersfrance #paulinette #petiteblogger (à Lille, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcX5vBHqcr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tl1sd3whe1dz

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Spring is coming 🌸 #cherryblossom #cerisierenfleurs #cerisier #tree #photography #paulinette #france #northoffrance🇫🇷 #spring #springiscoming #nature #beautiful #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #lifestyle (à Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvH9tBqn5vj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=khhbyfiq2vod

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La petite tenue du samedi. Ça sent presque le printemps 💗 #ootd #outfitoftheday #ootdfashion #todayoutfit #tenuedujour #lookoftheday #lookdujour #whowhatwear #whatiworetoday #lillefashion #paulinette #fashionblog #fashionblogger #frenchblogger #frenchfashionblogger #fblogger #frenchinfluencer #influencer #blogmode #blogueusemode #stylish #styleblogger #streetwear #streetstyle #streetfashion #luxurybag #chloegirls #luxury #luxurylifestyle #igerslille #igersfrance (à Villeneuve-d'Ascq) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt9WAdEnU06/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yscb4n3ecr08