Writer’s block is so widespread that it’s a common theme in movies and fiction. Over the past year, I’ve seen what used to be a steady stream of new ideas and work reduce to a trickle. Like many artists, this is due to personal transitions that have taken much of my focus from my work.Continue reading “Images that Release Words”
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Writing with Eyes Wide Open
Writer’s block: it’s a Hollywood cliché to see a writer pining after ideas, when inspiration suddenly jumps out beside them. A murder happens next door or a love interest enters their life, flooding them with ideas. In real life though, writer’s block is more nuanced and harder to cut through. Sometimes the cause is obvious:Continue reading “Writing with Eyes Wide Open”
2020: Creative Reconstruction
The year of the pandemic has shattered many things: it’s left millions without work or precariously employed, challenged our mental health and forced us to come to terms with many subjects that we generally avoid, like the impact that environmental destruction and polarized politics have on the lives of millions around the world. Having toContinue reading “2020: Creative Reconstruction”
Breathing Life into Words
Writing as an act of conception- that was my take-away when I read Jorge Luis Borges’s short story ‘Circular Ruins.’ Tackling classics isn’t always easy for a contemporary reader. Even though I mostly read 19th and early 20th century books early on, I’m hooked on modern writers and their easy prose, gripping plots and charactersContinue reading “Breathing Life into Words”
My Second Soul
“To speak a second language is to have a second soul,” Charlemagne said. Each language has unique expressions and images that we can use to express ourselves, to see the world in a new way. At the age of six I started to learn English, after starting classes in an American school in Holland. IContinue reading “My Second Soul”
My Writing Story 