They are my contribution to the title of this post, “Philosophy of Life in Six Words: Gimme a Few Slices of Yours.” Only my slant is a slice of life: pieces of my personal philosophy and my view on life. Here are a few of my own tributes to minimalism and the six-word writing premise. Most have been inspired by Smith Magazine’s original premise that was inspired by the Hemingway legend. Go to these sites to get an idea of the concept’s infiltration into twenty-first century media: Flickr Six Word Story ( ) or NPR’s programming ( ) or Wired Magazine ( ) or the blog Six-Word Story ( ) or a sundry of other sites (including classroom lesson plans posted by teachers). But this online publication is just one of many that celebrate brevity through six-word stories. Their Web site ( ) offers a forum that gives “professional and never-before-published writers, artists, and photographers” a place to share their narratives.
As a result of these successes, a stream of books were published to honor the six-word memoir. Then the editors began a teen version, Teen Smith.
After the magazine introduced the Six-Word Memoir Project, the popularity of its efforts soared. For sure, it is a testament to today’s technology that the 6WS continues to challenge the human spirit.Ī spark that lit the unearthing of Hemingway’s challenge was the online publication Smith Magazine, which in 2006 was founded to encourage the art of “personal” storytelling. I began to realize that this “story within a story” was a stunning piece of American popular culture. What had been unknown to me was very much visible on the Web as blogs, (offline and) online publications, social media, radio programming, and Web sites. Below are just a few of the Web sites that cater to the concept of a six-word story (6WS) or a variation on that theme. He wrote a six-word novel: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” (And there is Hemingway’s grand six-word title of the classic, The Old Man and the Sea.) Myth or reality, the brevity of his six-word story intersected beautifully with his style as a novelist.Īs I dug through the Internet, it became clear that I had unleashed a snowball’s history that is still gaining momentum. Legend says: in the 1920s Hemingway either met a challenge posed to him in a bar, or he decided to challenge other writers to use their talents and follow his example. The unsubstantiated back story is sparse. I was tantalized.Īpparently, the source of this “six-word memoir” word play was the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Congratulations to Marchal for being selected, and for her words being read by Honest Tea fans. And in the middle of those words was a memoir by Lisa Marchal, which read “My golden ticket was printed incorrectly.” That’s a kick at one’s life, but apparently apt for hers and riddled with a sense of humor. Even though this marketing strategy is old hat, my curiosity still was flagged. Last week as I was pouring a glass of chilled pomegranate red tea, I spied words encircling the inside of the bottle cap. Nature knows a thing or to about spreading its "seeds," 2011. Then I saw its body had a large clump of pollen that covered one of its legs. It was enjoying a late morning fill of nectar from an oak-leaf hydrangea. Never an easy task, but this motto definitely sums up how I try to live now.While strolling at a local botanic garden, I noticed this furry black carpenter bee. While I can not really control things, I *can* focus on being clear on what I want (ask), I can turn it over to some higher power (believe) and it will work out the way it is supposed to (receive). I have used this theory to really focus on how the energy - positive or negative - that I put out into the universe brings back to me those things that are either positive or negative. You know the story - you are thinking of your long lost friend from childhood with fond memories and a few minutes later the phone rings and it's her! You stop obsessing over the job you really wanted and an offer letter comes in the mail that afternoon. While I am not a true follower of the ever popular Secret I do believe in the law of attraction. Since she already wrote what could be my six words, I had to stretch to think of those that would fully describe my life today - in the present "now".Īsk. If you had to sum up your life in six words – big or small – what would they be? Cathy over at Chief Family Officer challenged me to the following meme: Chief Family Officer: My Life in Six Words.
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