2009 – in defence of joy!
Outside my window, the hoar frost has settled on a grey, damp, winter townscape and it won’t lift, I think, for some days. This day is bleak and chilled, with nothing much to recommend it; people shuffle about in coats and scarves never quite feeling warm enough. This is how it feels for many of us at the start of 2009: we live in a frozen, financial world; war seems, once again, to be spluttering into life in Gaza; people fear for the future.
However as we enter this New Year, I have found myself to be on the hopeful side of the street. I am a little surprised by this, and thankful to both the people who love and sustain me. I am also a little grateful to myself for being able to experience the moments of joy and wholeness that give me this sense of perspective on my world. For the time being, at least, it seems possible to hope, to see through to my creative self and to live with some sense of space and silence. Continue Reading »
