Damon Guinn

For Whom the Writing Goes

It’s 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 19, 2021, and I’m hiding in the outdoor restroom of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott, Arkansas. It’s the first day of a writing retreat hosted at the center, and I’m supposed to be working on “my art.” Seven attendees and I started our day with introductionsContinue reading “For Whom the Writing Goes”

Lofty Ideas

The first time I saw the actor Kevin Bacon riding a bike around a loft in the movie Quicksilver I knew that I wanted to live or work in a space like that one day. Bacon is a bicycle messenger in the movie, and the thrill of dodging delivery trucks, encroaching taxis and car doors during theContinue reading “Lofty Ideas”