Every Friday I transfer posts here from the Virtual Pint archives.
I bought these first two posts over to this blog last May when I wrote about being a writing ally. But there are many new folks here on the blog since then, so here they are.
- Not just a white world (September 2004) — Don’t hang “race tags” on characters.
- Multicultural writing (October 2004) — Why I don’t get a cookie.
After I did these posts, I went missing from the virtual pub for nearly 4 months. Nicola and I quite suddenly and unexpectedly bought a new house, sold ours, didi some fairly hefty renovations to the new place, during which we moved, and about a week after that I traveled across country to do a guest teaching gig at my old high school. Leaving Nicola up to her ears in boxes and contractors and suchlike. It was a really special time for both of us.
But it worked out. And it certainly did jar some things loose, which was part of the point for both of us. Not to shake up our relationship, but ourselves — and then see how we would settle and re-form.
One thing it did was make me a little nostalgic for the people inside my head. As you’ll see in the last post.
- Staying connected (February 25)
Enjoy your Friday.
in reference to Staying Connected…have you ever read or seen the play Deathtrap? it raises some interesting questions about who your “self” really is.
Hi Kelsey, nice to see you,
I’ve seen Deathtrap, really enjoyed it. I enjoy stories that play with identity and perspective — are we who we think we are, are we the person that others see (and of course, everyone sees us differently), are we somewhere in between… these questions fascinate me.
And then, of course, if we are pretending to be someone else, are we still ourselves simply hiding behind a mask, or do we actually become someone else if we behave like someone else?
It does my head in sometimes, but I enjoy thinking about these things. If you haven’t seen Memento or Identity, you might enjoy them.