When you are brave enough in your writing to speak your own truths and passions, then to write is a political act, challenging the regime imposed on us by cultural conditioning. Then you join others, famous and obscure, in being a force for wakefulness. “In our age, the mere making of a work of art is itself a political act,” wrote WH Auden. “So long as artists exist, making what they please and think they ought to make, even if it is not terribly good, even if it appeals to only a handful of people, they remind the Management of something managers need to be reminded of, namely, that the managed are people with faces, not anonymous numbers.”
READY FOR MORE?
WRITING FROM THE SOUL: Instructions for free writing practice. jane brunette | writingfromthesoul.net Comments are closed.
|
prompts to help you write from and for the soul.I'm Jane Brunette. To me, "soul" is where the human meets the vastness of truth. Writing has helped me to encounter and express that meeting place inside. I hope these prompts help you do the same. |