Writing is the perfect metaphor for life in so many ways and when it comes to finding our flow, especially so. Writing is so reliant on rhythm and this rhythm can often be very different from the commonly touted need for balance in our lives. The rhythm of savouring We hear a great deal about […]
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The tenderness of stories
I’m currently working on a new novel. It’s set close to my home in France, in the forest and the protagonist is a herbalist. It’s set on one day—Summer Solstice, June 21 2065—in a world devastated by a more serious pandemic than Covid as well as further ecological disasters. It’s a story about hope in […]
Writing with vision
I’m currently engaged in a course with my yoga nidrā mentor that looks at wishes and dreams for our lives and then begins mapping directions towards realising them. It’s not a course in ‘you can be/have it all’. It recognises limitations and the real world, but is proving to be a creative and encouraging way […]
Resting into writing
We are rarely, if ever, a society at rest. During the Covid lockdowns, some of us were able to slow down, reappraise what mattered, bake bread and enjoy a beautiful garden. But for many, from health workers to delivery drivers, those trying to keep businesses afloat without ‘real life’ customers to parents trapped in tower […]
Writing that questions
Sitting with Attila József by the Danube, he looks impoverished and melancholy, thin and fatigued—but so still—profound. Across the river, the fabulous architecture of Buda—onion domes topped with lances bearing smaller spheres—spires pushing their way to heaven—so much ascendency. And juxtaposed with a line of cranes—red markers crossing the hot blue-white of a summer sky. […]
Writing that changes
Travel is a powerful thing. It’s not only that time seems to move differently and normal routines are completely shaken up, but that perception itself changes. A few days ago we left Budapest, where we’ve been living and writing for the last month. We travelled by train from Budapest to Munich on Thursday and then […]