Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Latham Turner of Get Real, Man on writing to explore, how “adventure doesn’t happen by accident,” writing as men and the transition into being an older man, using research in storytelling, how “we all need our own philosophy,” the challenge of positive confrontation and “the Goat Work,” how we relate to our immediate geography, long-distance walking, wayfinding, personal spirituality, and the gods we’re praying as.
This was excellent! Latham, my first order of business: instituting Fuck Up Fridays! Bowen, I’m so intrigued by The Flowering Wand, thanks for the recco! You’ve really got me snagged on the positive role model question. Latham and I have touched on this before in comments… from a women’s perspective, I know I’ve been let down by so many men in my life. But I know they likely didn’t have the role models they needed either. I’m grateful you and your fellow male writers are doing your part to alter that cycle. We need more Atticus Finches!
Well done Latham and Bowen, this is a great interview. There were many nuggets dropped into the conversation. The first one that got my attention was when you said at the beginning you wrote because you mistakenly, thought you knew the answers. (I apologize if I got this wrong but that's what I thought Latham meant). I chuckled as I recognized my initial motives for writing to be similar, I hope I have grown and moved past that innate perspective but it's likely something I have to constantly be on the watch for. Hopefully, I can blame decades of clinical practice and telling others what to do for a living on this personality trait!
Bowen, I loved your definition of spirituality as being a move toward Wholeness! Yes to this, as well as praying into the wise man you will become Latham. I'm pretty sure you two could have easily talked for another hour!
"Adventure doesn't happen by accident" should be it's own article, or even book. It's a great phrase that's immediately evocative for me. It of course conjures the notion of risk-taking, which when you think about it is the willingness to expose oneself to the accidental. In the world I've been empowering lately, speaking, I think of it as living a story worthy life. There is a lot of hype these days around the importance of story telling, but at base, it's story worthy living that drives engaging communication.
What events does one want speak to (and when does it become a situation when you’re in front of it and speaking to it)? In what context does one want to confront that thing?
This was excellent! Latham, my first order of business: instituting Fuck Up Fridays! Bowen, I’m so intrigued by The Flowering Wand, thanks for the recco! You’ve really got me snagged on the positive role model question. Latham and I have touched on this before in comments… from a women’s perspective, I know I’ve been let down by so many men in my life. But I know they likely didn’t have the role models they needed either. I’m grateful you and your fellow male writers are doing your part to alter that cycle. We need more Atticus Finches!
Well done Latham and Bowen, this is a great interview. There were many nuggets dropped into the conversation. The first one that got my attention was when you said at the beginning you wrote because you mistakenly, thought you knew the answers. (I apologize if I got this wrong but that's what I thought Latham meant). I chuckled as I recognized my initial motives for writing to be similar, I hope I have grown and moved past that innate perspective but it's likely something I have to constantly be on the watch for. Hopefully, I can blame decades of clinical practice and telling others what to do for a living on this personality trait!
Bowen, I loved your definition of spirituality as being a move toward Wholeness! Yes to this, as well as praying into the wise man you will become Latham. I'm pretty sure you two could have easily talked for another hour!
"Adventure doesn't happen by accident" should be it's own article, or even book. It's a great phrase that's immediately evocative for me. It of course conjures the notion of risk-taking, which when you think about it is the willingness to expose oneself to the accidental. In the world I've been empowering lately, speaking, I think of it as living a story worthy life. There is a lot of hype these days around the importance of story telling, but at base, it's story worthy living that drives engaging communication.
What events does one want speak to (and when does it become a situation when you’re in front of it and speaking to it)? In what context does one want to confront that thing?
I love Latham using the term elderhood when talking about his 40s. 🙄 Just wait young man! The pain and the wisdom are coming for you 😉
Love you guys.