Essay – Postcards from the edge

Hardy and Dickens on Farewell to the Past

I’m currently reading Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd. One thing that strikes me is his poetic language, the rich imagery which is rooted in the landscape of agrarian life. This is in sharp contrast to the Dickens’ novels which I’m more familiar with. Dickens considers the life of progress, the industrious Victorians andContinue reading “Hardy and Dickens on Farewell to the Past”

On Motivation and Writing

Terry Tempest Williams wrote about “Why I Write” whereupon she lists many reasons: Writing helps us to make sense of the world, to uncover things that are unknown. It can lead to a story of discovery, to create words in a void and to begin the conversation. She asks: Why do you write? It isContinue reading “On Motivation and Writing”