Poetry in motion, ranting your heart out, a flair for the dramatic, creating a tale, going into emo mode, scribbling drafts, recounting the moments, endless doodles, sessions with a journal… Whatever the form, description and method, I write.
The words may not be as accurate in their descriptions of feelings and actions, but they’re as close as I can make them. There are no words that can fully-describe life and its complexities in all its splendor and despair, confusion and joy. Yet we try, again and again.
Why? Maybe because the words in our can tell the story better than the fading memories. They accompany the films and photos we’ve held on to, and tell it as it was. No embellishments because at the time you wrote them, they were the truth, the graphic, bold, unedited version of events. The words are your history without the flowery daydreams that taint memories.
(via cosmicaldreams)
Keep reading.
Make your own happy ending.
And this is why I’m thankful for journals and Tumblr. Relive the joy, agony, pain, exhilaration and adventure… all through words ground out with feeling.
(via flyingonthesebrokenwings)
Write, write, doodle, draw, write some more, snap a photo, write again. Express yourself.
Creativity takes courage.
Call for papers - Carnival of feminist cultural activism (conference)
Centre for Women’s Studies, University of York, UK.
3-5 March 2011
www.feminist-cultural-activism.net
We welcome proposals for a three-day international festival and conference of performances, exhibitions, academic papers & workshops.We ask: Can feminist art* change the world and, if so, how?
And we invite responses from activists, artists and academics.
*street theatre :: film :: poetry :: music :: knitting :: zines ::
digital media :: podcasts :: dance :: performance :: painting :: puppetry :: textiles :: sketches :: pottery :: blogs :: cartoons :: novels :: comedy :: sculpture :: posters :: comics :: tweeting :: etc.
We welcome people new to presenting and performing as well as those with years of expertise and experience. The event is designed to generate action as well as debate, and to inspire, celebrate &
challenge understandings of women, grassroots art & politics. It is
a deliberately open invitation - surprise us!
Please send draft ideas asap, and full 300-word proposals for
papers, panels, exhibitions, workshops and performances, plus a
50-word biography, by 31 October 2010.
Contact:E:carnival@feminist-cultural-activism.net
W: www.feminist-cultural-activism.netCarnival of feminist cultural activism
Centre for Women’s Studies
University of York
Heslington, York
Yo10 5DD, UK
