Lots of food for thought here, all tied up in a beautifully written skin. I love your approach to character writing--I'm going to give that a go in my next writing session! I too have a fear of chronic pain and have been avoiding the doctor, it wasn't as bad as I thought to go back to it...it lights a fire in the belly for sure.
Well said James, good luck on your continued journey and your patterns.
Just wanted to say on culture writing -- I think it's impossible to do now. Culture has splintered and fragmented into so many niches it's hard to see what the overriding zeitgeist is.
Fully in agreement there. It’s all the endless fragments of so many overlapping cultural phenomena and then by the time you try to comment on something it’s already been beaten to death in a thousand directions by a thousand other critics. Truly exhausting work
Lots of food for thought here, all tied up in a beautifully written skin. I love your approach to character writing--I'm going to give that a go in my next writing session! I too have a fear of chronic pain and have been avoiding the doctor, it wasn't as bad as I thought to go back to it...it lights a fire in the belly for sure.
Well said James, good luck on your continued journey and your patterns.
Just wanted to say on culture writing -- I think it's impossible to do now. Culture has splintered and fragmented into so many niches it's hard to see what the overriding zeitgeist is.
Fully in agreement there. It’s all the endless fragments of so many overlapping cultural phenomena and then by the time you try to comment on something it’s already been beaten to death in a thousand directions by a thousand other critics. Truly exhausting work