Week Seven
I made my attempt at Woolf's stream of consciousness last week. So this week i want to focus more on Woolf the person. I saw the film "The Hours" that was based on her life, quite a few years ago. I vagually recall my mother wanting to see it, and dragging me, a then uninterested 13 or 14 year old, along with her. I kind of wish i had paid more attention because now it would be a benefit! anyway, i looked up Woolf on Wikipedia, just for a bit of background and discovered she lead a somewhat turbulent life which lead to a bitter end. I think the main thing that stood out for me in watching "The Hours" was the scene where she commits suicide by filling her pockets full of stones and then drowning herself. I thought at the time, and still think now, how terrible a death that would have been. So lonely and so dramatic. Sorry to be speaking of such a depressing subject, but i think that the great degree of emotion she must have felt in her life to be evident in the way she wrote her works.
Im running quite short on time this week, so ill leave it with a comment i made on Theresa Fedele's live journal entry, which can be found at http://theresaf.livejournal.com/10641.html.
Dearest Tez,
That was a joy to read! I too at times feel the sense of uncompleteness and uncertainty in this bustling city of ours!
It is so easy to get caught up with the intimidating facts of life. Where am i going? What SHOULD i be doing? Am i going to end up ok at the end?
If im having a particularly low day, I look at some of my friends at think "wow they are so together, they seem to be going the right direction". I have to remind myself that deep down we're all the same.
We're all hoping for the best, and doing what we can to get where we want to be.
I think that at the end of the day, we'll all be ok. and with a writing talent like yours, i think you will definitley achieve great things! :) Well written Tez! xo