On Connection: 'Powerful' MATT HAIG (Faber Social)

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Dàt werkt ook als je af en toe jezelf (al dan niet hardop als hulp) voorleest, al was het maar om je de Engelse taal nog meer tot je te laten doordringen. The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing is gonna come in. The only parts I found interesting (probably because they had some narrative cohesion and weren't just nebulous, jumbled streams of consciousness) were Tempest's own personal anecdotes, although these were generally brief and infrequent. Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes.

On Connection came to me when I needed it most, and reminded me that the links we have to places, people, words, ourselves, are what keep us alive. Onmogelijk om je de hele dag in de schoenen van een ander te verplaatsen natuurlijk, maar soms is het afdoende om te bedenken dat andermans schoenen misschien gewoon even knellen. Throughout, there are familiar shades of mysticism and mindfulness, of anti-capitalist theorising and the hippies’ tune-in, drop-out arguments. Kae has always had a lot to say; be it on politics, human rights, history, love, the state of the nation, or anything else they choose to put their name too. Creative connection is anything that brings us closer to ourselves and fellow human beings, and it has the potential to offer insights into mental health, politics and beyond.They are clearly passionate about the overall message of being present in your own life, meaningfully connecting with others, and respecting that all life around you is just as valid and complex as yours. Nu lijkt het alsof ik bovenstaande levenshouding (die ongetwijfeld sporen van Zenboeddhisme, Stoïcisme en mindfulness bevat) ten gronde beheers. Or felt frustrated at how live music and theatre are undermined and dismissed by a government that fails to recognise their immense value?

Conexión es una reivindicación de la creatividad como práctica necesaria a nuestra cotidianidad, su presencia alrrededor, mucho más allá de aquellas actividades capitalizables.

Wallace voegt hierbij het facet ‘empathie’: jegens de ongewassen zonderling op het parkbankje, de middenvak rijder, de norse buurman, de andersdenkende, de overdreven geschminkte en geparfumeerde vrouw die tegen haar kind schreeuwt. And although I use the word ‘artist’ to describe musicians on a regular basis, with Tempest the word means so much more. Tempest heeft het over ervaringen van tijdens tournees in verschillende plekken en landen als beginnend (slam) poëet waarin hen op onverwachte momenten verbinding vindt met het publiek dan wel toevallige passanten.

stars for me, but from how badly I just had to struggle with my annoyance to make it through the last few pages I have to round down, not up. Kae makes reference at one point to been given a brief for this book, and I think that’s the problem- it feels a little forced and, well, random.Dat ik op lastige ogenblikken mijn wonderwoordjes prevel en ik telkens de zon vanachter donderwolken tevoorschijn tover. The truth-speaker Kae Tempest takes to non-fiction with grace, musicality and innate essayistic skill.