http://www.philipgraham.net/2010/01/nearly-three-miles-of-invention/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:44:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.philipgraham.net/2010/01/nearly-three-miles-of-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Ben Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:46:59 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=277#comment-111 Oh shit, it's like you made a discovery with that line, "the tiny portion of us that is available to others in any daily face-to-face contact." That really shook me. It helps explain the meaning of friendship and love too, that such things have meaning because those people (friends, partners, spouses) are the ones that can see farther back. What a great post. Oh shit, it’s like you made a discovery with that line, “the tiny portion of us that is available to others in any daily face-to-face contact.” That really shook me. It helps explain the meaning of friendship and love too, that such things have meaning because those people (friends, partners, spouses) are the ones that can see farther back. What a great post.

]]> http://www.philipgraham.net/2010/01/nearly-three-miles-of-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Midge Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:32:30 +0000 http://www.philipgraham.net/?p=277#comment-109 I love the notion of "three miles of invention" and can very much relate to that as a fiction writer (for me, a story always begins with that little sliver of a character or situation, and then the fun begins when I get to invent everything that came before -- and after). Thanks for a great post! I love the notion of “three miles of invention” and can very much relate to that as a fiction writer (for me, a story always begins with that little sliver of a character or situation, and then the fun begins when I get to invent everything that came before — and after).
Thanks for a great post!

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