When he's at his best, his stories reveal truths about modern life while still feeling beautifully invented.
We English have never been able to shake off the feeling that, having invented all these games, we should be the world champions, hence our continual disappointment with our miserable performances in Test matches, World Cups and Wimbledon.
A writer should be able to write in any voice she likes, and invented feelings may have a power and an authenticity that transcend literal accuracy.
That leaves one feeling free to invent whatever kind of home you want.
Still, Childs found it "seriously moving" to see how many dancers wanted to work on the revival, and odd that, after so many years of feeling she was inventing her career as she went along, she was now being venerated as the grande dame of a golden era.
But with Mr. Redmond, a small man who at an interview wore a brown herringbone vest buttoned at every hole and a white dress shirt rolled up at the sleeves, you get the feeling that he would have invented many more had he not been held back.
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For the unfamiliar, the challenge is meant to be performed to Drake's "In My Feelings". Shiggy, an Instagram performer, invented it back in early July.
Even Apple, the company that invented the category, is feeling the pinch, reporting less-than-stellar iPad sales last quarter.
Marshall is not suggesting that we force or invent feelings, merely that we act on the positive impulses we routinely experience – saying the things that come into our heads but not out of our mouths, sharing jokes, compliments and small presents.
