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The creative mind plays with the object it loves. - Carl Jung

After this weekend's heart heavy post, I decided to lighten the mood with a series:

On The Writer's Desk.

Throughout the week, I will be asking Canadian authors and poets one question:

What is on your writing desk or in your writing space?

When I was enrolled in the Creative Writing MFA at the University of Guelph, David Young was teaching playwriting. He told our class that he kept a chunk of amber on his desk to focus his mind and inspire him during the writing process.

Over the last few weeks, I've been purging my room and unearthing random objects and papers- but I haven't touched by desk.

Some of the things on my desk: