Sunday Blog 179 – 6th April 2025
It would seem that there are consequences to removing my head from the sand of world politics. Much greater effort is required to ensure that my spirits remain buoyant in these interesting, interesting times.
So today I returned to the scene of my undergraduate degree. I left this beautiful, beautiful campus 38 years ago to make my way into the adult working world. I don’t venture here too often but today a Storyfest event was convened here which included presentations, panel discussions, workshops with a radical inclusion and diversity focus.
In the essay writing workshop I attended, this quote from Virginia Woolf surfaced. I wanted to include it in the Sunday Blog not just because it allows me to use the semi-colon (they are not at all in literary fashion any more) but also because the quote itself is a balm to my battered soul.
Creativity and writing are about communication. Not rhetoric, lies and propaganda. Not siloed realities engineered by social media platforms. But communicating, soul to soul. The point of writing is to communicate and share our truth. It is health and happiness to genuinely connect. So after a week with two writing rejections, one missed deadline and way, way too much Trump, I’ve taken Sunday off to sit in the glorious gardens of UWA and marinade in the words of Virginia Woolf. We’ve got to keep on writing, creating and connecting.