We need to think not only about protecting what we hold dear, but also what to do about what has been lost
Bleak House
The realisation that we have another five years of a Conservative government, as well as the heavy rain, has intensified my sense of despair
Healing the wounds of the past
How much thought is given to, not only of finding lost relatives, but to what is needed if people are going to rebuild their lives?
Counting the cost
Living in the permanent now might for some of us might be a response to fear, a way of avoiding pain or what it might cost us to struggle and hope for a better future
Breathing space
Sitting outside The Black Lab in Clapham, enjoying a cup of coffee on a sunny day, it seems that loss has left me entirely out of sync with the rest of the world
The language of hope
The phone call asking me to get involved in the ‘newspaper’ called 28 Days helped lift my gloomy mood, and working on the project has meant a lot to me in the last few months…
From a distance…
With plenty of time to read and think while away in Yorkshire, I thought a lot about the appeal of soulful, brooding artists like Ian Curtis and the young wife who he treated with increasing disdain
Awakening the spirit of attention and love
I hope that, ultimately, my experience of grief will enable me to be more attentive to what Simone Weil describes as the “silent cry, which sounds only in the secret heart” of the afflicted
Tea of the absurd
The “W/ Fashion Power Tea” was a perfect reminder that I shouldn’t take myself too seriously, even when life itself seems extremely serious
Capitalism and women’s discontents
The words Marilena Simiti used often to describe people’s state of mind in Greece when I met her at Filion were ‘anxiety’, ‘resignation’ and ‘depression’
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