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Book SynopsisOnce a work is completed, when and how do writers and other artists embrace their next creative work? In this fascinating book, Monique LaRue gives a tantalizing glimpse of the contour of time shaped by inspiration rather than the movement of the clock. Moving from the philosophical to the personal, she provides a view of how each of her novels has come into existence -- the personal context in which each came to be and the social context in which each was received.LaRue uses two important words in her approach to this between-time of creative possibility. The first, meander, from the Greek name for Maiandros, has come to signify wandering at random. Like Northrop Frye, she distinguishes between Kairos, the mysterious, unpredictable moment when the creative impulse is released, and chronos, or passing time. This ephemeral moment, as explained by LaRue, is of time but not in it. Given this paradox, it should come as no surprise that LaRue's between-time of writing creatively has no name. Mortality brings time and its passage unceasingly to mind. Yet, the mental action of moving freely through meandering associations during the time between works becomes the criterion for thinking creatively.Une fois une Åuvre achevÃe, quand et comment Ãcrivains et artistes abordent-ils leur prochaine crÃation? Dans cet ouvrage passionnant, Monique LaRue nous donne un avant-goÃt allÃchant des contours du temps tracÃs, dans ce cas, par notre imaginaire et non par les aiguilles de l'horloge. Naviguant entre la philosophie et l'expÃrience personnelle, elle nous livre un aperÃu de la genÃse de chacun de ses livres -- tant les circonstances personnelles dans lesquelles chacun a vu le jour que le contexte social qui les a accueillis.Deux mots clÃs Ãmergent de la dÃmarche de LaRue dans son exploration de cet entre deux temps du potentiel crÃatif. Le premier, mÃandre , provenant du terme grec Maiandros qui veut dire errer au hasard . à l'instar de Northrop Frye, elle distingue entre Kairos , le moment mystÃrieux et imprÃvisible oà l'Ãlan crÃateur est libÃrÃ, et Chronos , le temps qui passe. Pour Larue, ce moment ÃphÃmÃre, surgit du temps sans toutefois en faire partie. De par ce paradoxe, il n'est guÃre surprenant de constater que l' entre-temps de l'Ãcriture crÃative dont traite LaRue est innommÃ, Notre mortalità nous renvoie inlassablement au temps. Pourtant, la pensÃe crÃative exige une actività mentale qui Ãvolue librement, serpentant, au cours de ce temps entre deux Åuvres, au grà des alÃas des associations mÃandres.
