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l33tminion) wrote2022-05-28 11:41 am
l33tminion) wrote2022-05-28 11:41 am
And Yet Some Things Could Be Otherwise
It's been a tiring week. Julie's been so busy. But she did take Eris out this morning to get a gift for a school-friend's upcoming birthday. I went to the farmers market this morning and got a variety of nice things.
I've been meaning to return to my essay blog, and I wrote a brief piece this morning about the topic of imagination in children's television.
Current events are very sad. Apropos of potentially lots of things (news, the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, increased general awareness of history), kid has developed a strong interest in past calamity, asking e.g. what's the worst disaster to ever happen in Boston, or who was the worst person to exist during my lifetime, or what would happen to someone if deprived of necessities (sleep, water, food, etc.). It's not like she can escape awareness that people die, that evil people exist, that no one is invincible or invulnerable to misfortune and tragedy. I don't want to be unwilling to talk about hard topics, but I also don't want to dwell on bad things, or to frighten with gruesome and unlikely possibilities. I want to share my overall sense of optimism. People are resilient, life is good even in the face of tragedy (though it's right and natural to want more), "look for the helpers".
I've been meaning to return to my essay blog, and I wrote a brief piece this morning about the topic of imagination in children's television.
Current events are very sad. Apropos of potentially lots of things (news, the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, increased general awareness of history), kid has developed a strong interest in past calamity, asking e.g. what's the worst disaster to ever happen in Boston, or who was the worst person to exist during my lifetime, or what would happen to someone if deprived of necessities (sleep, water, food, etc.). It's not like she can escape awareness that people die, that evil people exist, that no one is invincible or invulnerable to misfortune and tragedy. I don't want to be unwilling to talk about hard topics, but I also don't want to dwell on bad things, or to frighten with gruesome and unlikely possibilities. I want to share my overall sense of optimism. People are resilient, life is good even in the face of tragedy (though it's right and natural to want more), "look for the helpers".