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Your loving writer, Hanif
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Hi, Hanif. It’s Joan Bakewell here . I’m on a train to Bristol… snd thought I’d write. I’m several things now: a journalist, old age pensioner , Labour Peer and one of your subscribers. I love trains: I hope one day you’ll be on a train too… loving the views. The weather, the people. I hope it won’t be long…..meanwhile I send love. Joan B
Hi Hanif, I'm writing a memoir about cancer treatment's cognitive and emotional effects (Titled, Where's the Rest of Me?) and working on a chapter on meaning-making after crisis. I've watched your BBC interview numerous times as it brilliantly conveys a moment of shock, despair and rays of hope. Your description of the before and after of tragedy - body parts are "objects on the floor" and later, having to "reconstruct myself out of the broken bits and pieces lying around me" coveys something of what I'm trying to write about - facing reality of limitations and possibilities, recreating meaning. My best writing moments come when I'm off guard, meditating, walking or any mindless task. My question is: have you had to make an adjustment to how you find your voice since your tragic accident? How do you find your way to those times when your creative voice is alive? My best wishes and thanks for being a role model, Carolyn