An add on to the creativity we need right now. In 2020 I had a little crisis as a writer. I basically thought, what is the point in writing when cops can just murder someone in broad daylight, have it filmed and watched by millions, and still nothing changes? Who am I to spend my days writing when that kind of injustice lives in the world?
Later that year I attended the AWP purely to watch a panel put together by a fellow writer friend on the importance of writing beyond Capitalist proscription. The emphasis of everyone on that panel, all queer, BIPoC, disabled folks, was how important it is to tell our stories in our voices no matter what. That it's more important than ever when the status quo is trying to reassert itself hard.
I can tell you in the wake of this election, I feel no crisis around the art i make and the things I write. Creativity is an innate human thing we all have, and records of my existence are resistance.
I appreciate all of this so much.
An add on to the creativity we need right now. In 2020 I had a little crisis as a writer. I basically thought, what is the point in writing when cops can just murder someone in broad daylight, have it filmed and watched by millions, and still nothing changes? Who am I to spend my days writing when that kind of injustice lives in the world?
Later that year I attended the AWP purely to watch a panel put together by a fellow writer friend on the importance of writing beyond Capitalist proscription. The emphasis of everyone on that panel, all queer, BIPoC, disabled folks, was how important it is to tell our stories in our voices no matter what. That it's more important than ever when the status quo is trying to reassert itself hard.
I can tell you in the wake of this election, I feel no crisis around the art i make and the things I write. Creativity is an innate human thing we all have, and records of my existence are resistance.
Thank you so much for the reading suggestions. This was such a comforting read itself. I appreciate you and love how generous you are with your words.
Such a lovely comment (as always); thank you, friend. 🩵