Faced by either individual extinction (death), or collective extinction (climate catastrophe), especially if self-propelled, humans find the idea of complete senselessness almost as terrifying as physical annihilation. In Shakespeare’s immortal lines, and through his tragic protagonist’s unavailing last-minute regret for what he has done out of pride, arrogance, and ambition, we hear the echo of humanity’s lament in the face of extinction, whether individual or collective.
Category: One Planet Life
To Write About and From Within the Ineffable, the Unthinkable, the Unimaginable–Can You?
Have we, in some elusive way, been using language as not expression but as count?… ? And fast?
How Not To Be Taken In By Your Doomsday Prophet Veterinarian: Cats, Love, and ER
but if you don’t give her the benefit of ER, well….
My Pushcart Nomination
‘After the House Burned Down”
How to Write a Historical Novel and (MAYBE) not be in it….
Writing the Historical Novel: Reading and Craft talk with Dr. Nandini Bhattacharya–Zoom Nov. 5th 4-5 PM
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