I’ve been busy doing some printing, we are going away fairly soon and creating my xmas cards is a job that I would rather not have on our return when I will have the magazine to process too.
So here is a little teasing taster.......
In other news I have been looking at the overall concept of Zine 7 which is exploring my relationship with my mother, the difficulties, the better bits, the bits we were never able to get over (I say “we” but only one of us was trying to fix things!)
In trying to get a grip of the whole narrative I realise that I will add Zine 8 which will be an epilogue to the whole thing, basically my happy ending. In thinking about this I realised that as a child I lived in an imaginary world to help me get through. My grown up / adult equivalent is my creative artistic world but a big part of this is the use of METAPHORS and PARALLELS . Recently I have recognised the enormous helpfulness and pleasure of creating a metaphor or thinking of a parallel situation to help me get a grip on, or strong understanding of difficult concepts.
What example should I use of a recent one?
I am virtually estranged from my father and his second family. At times I have found it hard to explain to well meaning people, outside of the situation, who have questioned why I have no desire for any visits, contacts or reconciliation and would block it if any are suggested. But then I thought of the Langmores, an extended family group, living in a bunch of trailers in “Ozark” on Netflix. (Just for complete fairness, I need to make clear that this is an exaggerated, extreme parallel, that helps others visualise my point of view).
So if you had the choice of popping in for a cup of tea, perhaps an overnight stay with the Langmore family versus the choice to stay well away from their camp and any potential consequences of such a visit, which would YOU choose?
Ruth Langmore (a great character!) talking with her brothers.
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