Wow!
This is fascinating!
I lived in ten places before the age of twenty, and guiltily admit to a
certain amount of indifference toward my parents.
I have been writing since I was six years old, (taking time out for
meals, of course).
Hope others reply. This could be an interesting study.
Lucy the Mongrel
Andrew Jackson wrote:
> Hi Roddy,
>
> May this have anything to do with the fact that individuals born
> and raised in any one place are less likely to turn their hand to
> personal creative tasks? I read somewhere that a child who --
>
> a) Is moved around at crucial (if not regular) intervals, i.e.
> rootless, and thus having to address their sense of identity
> internally rather than externally . . .
>
> and/ or
>
> b) Has an extreme preference for either one parent over the other
> *or* an extreme indifference to both
>
> is more likely to harbour and later develop a talent for writing,
> painting, etc. Emphasis on 'more likely', of course.
>
> I'm wondering whether a native to one city will be as unlikely to
> become a poet as will a native to a rural village . . .
>
> I'd be very curious to know how many writers on this list were
> born and raised in the same place, up until the age of 20, say.
>
> Isn't poetry more likely to spring from the mouths of mongrels?
>
> Andy
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