Listening As an Act of Creativity

To anticipate. To attune. To open.

“listening.” by krizzly7 is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

I’m writing a novel called “The Listener,” so I’ve been thinking a lot about how we listen (or don’t listen) to each other, to the world, to ourselves. I’ve also been thinking about the role of listening in creativity.

“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories,” wrote Eudora Welty. “Listening for them is…