Sunday Brunch
Time is a Ruthless Monster...
Morning Folks,
At least, I am hoping I can get this to you while it is still morning (neglecting your various time zones and sticking to my current location). As you may have noticed I have been very inconsistent in when I publish, but also in how I present what I publish. Right now, I am allowing myself a bit of “scatter brain” space. The time will come when I feel inclined to sit down and create a more polished template for my weekly ramblings.
This week’s column challenges the representation of cancer in Kate Middleton’s video, in my essay I dissect my working history, questioning anything from ambition to meaning, while mapping out a new route. Still just scratching the surface here, so more is bound to follow on that subject. Journaling this week, I used bath time for a reflection on water shortages. Snippet is just a sweet thought.
And, for the first time in ages I have added some fiction. It was first published in the Erotic Review Magazine. It did not lead to an E.L. James type of career break, but I did end up having great conversations with its former editor, Jamie McClean.
I am aiming to write one short story a month from now on.
Then there is time…. unstoppable grains of sand that keep dropping through the narrow waist of the hourglass…. Yesterday at my darling cousin’s wedding his brother kindly reminded us about the passing of time with a poem that ended with the line…
“because now is the time of your life!”
Enjoy :-)
Love XXL
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
BY DESIGN
Whilst staying with friends in Romania prior to my road trip to NL I was reminded of the existence of something called human design. I haven’t got it sussed completely yet. I can however highly recommend exploring it a bit to those who enjoy things like astrology, oracles, and mysticism. I like this lady lot:
https://christieinge.com/
READ MORE
My Everand app book list is getting a bit crowded (I can hear Getting It Done’s David Allen screaming in my head: categorize woman!!!). As I am deciding on a new direction, not for a mid-life career change (I never had much of a career to speak of) but a nice addition in the way of “doing some therapeutic with psychology”, I am reading up on both change and transformation.
My friend shared this lovely quote with me from Julia Cameron, the author of The Artist’s Way:
“Often, when we say it is too late for us to begin something, what we are really saying is that we aren’t willing to be a beginner. But when we are willing to dip our toe in, even just a little, we are rewarded with a sense of youthful wonder. Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never.”
https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/its-never-too-late-to-begin-again/
WHAT’S THE MEANING
Related to never too late, I read this article this week on finding meaning in work. Most people around me who are rerouting their work journey mid-life are doing so to find more meaning. Or more joy. But are we putting too much pressure on ourselves?
THE AGE OF WOMEN
Two things have popped up on my radar in a rather fierce way. First is Halina Reijn’s success as a director. Can’t wait to see Babygirl:
Currently I am watching Nicole Kidman in the Netflix series The Perfect Couple. Before that the last Kidman performance I witnessed was her coupling up with Zac Efron in Family Affair. I spent the entire time discussing who had the worst botox job, him or her.
My friend (who unlike Voldemort needs to be named at some point) and I recently discussed Demi Moore’s appearance also. I am particularly interested as I used Demi Moore and her body as a case study for my final Cultural Study thesis back in college.
Are we the only ones to find it slightly ironic, or possibly even cynical, that of all female Hollywood stars “of a certain age” she is the one to take the lead in Substance? Which as a writer from The Cut so aptly put it… only underlines the idea that women aging is disgusting. I haven’t seen it yet, so I may be missing the point entirely:
https://www.thecut.com/article/review-the-substance-movie-gets-aging-wrong.html