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Here's the text, but the original illustrated version is so much better: https://www.poetrygrrrl.com/oh-the-places-youll-go-by-dr-seu...
Green Eggs and Ham, narrated by the Reverend Jesse Jackson on SNL in 1991, after the death of Dr. Seuss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA
“Cerf bet me fifty bucks I couldn’t write a book using only 50 words,” he said later. “I did it to show I could.” This encapsulated the lesson I learned from the recent Michael Jordan documentary - take silly bets and trivial insults seriously and you can be driven to do great things.
Hemingway also allegedly won a bet with a six-word fiction: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
(It was not Hemingway.)
Or maybe it's money and a gentleman's honor.
Green Eggs and Ham, narrated by the Reverend Jesse Jackson on SNL in 1991, after the death of Dr. Seuss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mqg4C0awA
I’ve always been profoundly “creeped out” by Dr Seuss’ books—the text and the illustrations, now as much as when I was a kid and part of the target demographic.
Green Eggs and Ham is a great starter book, but IMHO the greatest of Dr Seuss's many great books is Oh, the Places You'll Go! . His mastery of "simple" English is stunning, kids find it enthralling, and the messages are surprisingly deep. Here's the text, but the original illustrated version is so much better: https://www.poetrygrrrl.com/oh-the-places-youll-go-by-dr-seu...
I once thought it was an issue of intelligence, but my wife has helped me see the careful thought I put into every word, every stroke of the pen, every movement I make. The time I take is deliberate, purposeful. The issue I've recently faced is justifying the time spent to create a certain quality of art and work.
It feels quite normalizing to read about Dr. Seuss and his year-long struggle to create this book. Inspirational, even. Look at all the joy this man has brought into the world. Look at how his time spent has served everyone well.
Look at the fun he had along the way.
You can't quantify that against time. If you find a way, perhaps you shouldn't.