Oh, Katie, thank you. I thought it best to include because although I know exactly what I’m talking about, when you’re so *in* the writing of something it’s hard to know whether it actually translates! Plus, it’s quite a strange thing to do I suppose..!
Oh, I'm so glad you say that about the ending - when I wrote it that's what I hoped for, but thought maybe I was overestimating my ability to make it a reality!!
Ahh thank you, Christina. I love her too - and her thoughts on desire and longing just really captured something for me that I have never been able to express!
Trying to force intimacy when it isn’t there, and the cosy feeling of ‘rightness’ when you find what you were craving for all those years. Beautifully expressed. 💙🩵
That's exactly it. The difference between trying to crowbar the love in and the love existing, regardless of what you do. Thank you so much, as always, for reading x
This was gorgeous to read, Emily, thanks for sharing. (And thanks for the visual example of the birthday card ritual, too!)
Oh, Katie, thank you. I thought it best to include because although I know exactly what I’m talking about, when you’re so *in* the writing of something it’s hard to know whether it actually translates! Plus, it’s quite a strange thing to do I suppose..!
I’ve just read this again after reading earlier today, and I loved it even more the second time. I wish I could write like this!
Ahh I love that you read it again, Charli. Thank you! You are a brilliant writer and I can’t wait to read anything you let me get my hands on!
I didn't see the ending coming....
and the constraints and architecture of the WITD exercise fell away/made invisible by the inherent power of the story within.
Lovely.
Oh, I'm so glad you say that about the ending - when I wrote it that's what I hoped for, but thought maybe I was overestimating my ability to make it a reality!!
Thank you so much for reading, Jill.
Absolutely loved these two short essays! Beautiful, relatable, and raw. 💙 (And I love Rebecca Solnit!!)
Ahh thank you, Christina. I love her too - and her thoughts on desire and longing just really captured something for me that I have never been able to express!
Trying to force intimacy when it isn’t there, and the cosy feeling of ‘rightness’ when you find what you were craving for all those years. Beautifully expressed. 💙🩵
That's exactly it. The difference between trying to crowbar the love in and the love existing, regardless of what you do. Thank you so much, as always, for reading x
This writing 🫠🫠🫠🫠 And the BLUENESS!!!
💙 The blue of course made me think of our colours! You know it always means a lot when you read these essays x