On Oprah the other day she seemed to be again interviewing the author of "White Oleanders" and talking about how the images, the crafting of language that the author (Fitch?) uses, have been opening peoples eyes to a new way of seeing the world. I don't usually watch those shows but it's my favorite when I do. The author was explaining how a teacher had asked for a definition of 'cliche', and then went on to say that ANY phrase you'd ever heard before was a cliche. As a result, the descriptions she now writes are so fresh and deep they seem to be turning a lot of people's eyes and lives around. When one comes from so much heart, and what you share has to pass through such a heavy place, it’s amazing when it doesn't get distracted or bogged down by it. Almost like the astrophysics technique of using the gravity of the sun, or the earth, or the moon, to slingshot beyond and out further into space than you could go directly, rather than being pulled down and sucked in by their incredible forces.