II Motions

I. Ellipsis — the things we don’t say… I want to write a novel about silence; the things people don’t say. But the difficulty is immense. - Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out When Virginia Woolf started her masterpiece ‘The Voyage Out’ in 1912, she suffered long periods of depression and…

- A Prologue The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable. — W.W. Auden The other day I was reading Nikita Gill’s ``Your Body is an Ocean ‘’ and she confessed, “I am going to write about us. And it won’t be the…

“Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us, unplayed.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes In his 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl examined the experiences of prisoners in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, their responses to pain and torture, and how…

“…one can indeed escape the fire, and still perish through the means of that escape. — Ocean Vuong, The weight of our living: on hope, fire escapes, and visible desperations While walking the streets of Hartford mourning his Uncle who committed suicide, Ocean’s attention was drawn to the huge metals…

“ Life’s for the living so live it, or you’re better off dead… “ — Passenger I sat on a beach a few days ago with my friends beneath the trees, overlooking the rocks and the waves, and having reflections over the year. We reminiscence on major successes we have…

“Don’t expect what you give... Not everyone has a heart like you” — Tommy Shelby Tommy Shelby returned to Britain in 1919 as a War Hero from the First World War and was honoured for his bravery at the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Somme. …

“Jack you have a gift, you see people” — Rose Two months ago I was watching “THE TITANIC” for the third time with a group of friends at a movie night. For three hours, we sat at the edge of our seats in a low-lit living room with snacks spread across the table, and all eyes on the screen. We…

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” — George Bernard Shaw I visited my Sponsor one morning before sunrise, and we talked about loving, living, ageing, and dying. I’d been out of…