Ronnie, I’m so glad you revived this post and included it alongside these others. I had read all of them at the time, and remembered most of the thoughts in them. It was good to re read this in the context of those other key moments. What strikes me now, if you would permit me to hypothesise, is that within your desire for hope to remain alive , there is a disappointment somewhere that we as a human species have lost our way. I don’t really know much about how hard it is to study at PhD level, and perhaps in the context of a pandemic , when we had the opportunity to really ask ourselves the important questions about how we live, how we look after the planet that provides everything for us... how we cope with the despair of seeing potential good unravel before our eyes, as everyone goes back to the materialistic life as if nothing happened! Well, for me the most important thing your writing has given me, is the chance to reflect too. To spread your thoughts and ideas across this platform is more useful to me and those that are still hopeful they are not alone in searching how to live a better life. For that I thank you!
Thanks Ann, I think a lot of people did change their lives and habits during the quiet of the lockdowns. And I was glad to be studying the history of Utopianism then. And to be able to abandon it and academia, in an informed way, in favour of hope itself. Which I think I might have a go at explaining in a blog post someday soon.
Ronnie, I’m so glad you revived this post and included it alongside these others. I had read all of them at the time, and remembered most of the thoughts in them. It was good to re read this in the context of those other key moments. What strikes me now, if you would permit me to hypothesise, is that within your desire for hope to remain alive , there is a disappointment somewhere that we as a human species have lost our way. I don’t really know much about how hard it is to study at PhD level, and perhaps in the context of a pandemic , when we had the opportunity to really ask ourselves the important questions about how we live, how we look after the planet that provides everything for us... how we cope with the despair of seeing potential good unravel before our eyes, as everyone goes back to the materialistic life as if nothing happened! Well, for me the most important thing your writing has given me, is the chance to reflect too. To spread your thoughts and ideas across this platform is more useful to me and those that are still hopeful they are not alone in searching how to live a better life. For that I thank you!
Thanks Ann, I think a lot of people did change their lives and habits during the quiet of the lockdowns. And I was glad to be studying the history of Utopianism then. And to be able to abandon it and academia, in an informed way, in favour of hope itself. Which I think I might have a go at explaining in a blog post someday soon.