My God, Christian. This is what I've been struggling with for the last 4 and a half months. Thank you for sharing this. Thank you. Craft in a time of genocide.
I got two sentences in, and was instantly transported back to Baghdad when I was enlisted. My team was living on a forward operating base (fob) out among the populace, and this gave us a better sense of who we were trying to help (we were a civil affairs team). So, this had me recall my experiences of living among those whom I was working with. And it made all the difference.
TL:DR ~ live amongst those you're trying to write about. Trying to write about the suffering homeless? Take some time to experience their plight. Go be homeless for a week. Go full retard on it. Leave your shit at home, and take only the clothes on your back and a pen & notebook. Minimal cash$$. Experience it. Know what you're writing.
Then imagine everyone in the country trying to murder you while you search for food, shelter, and medicine. Now you've got "the experience" but simulated.
Brilliantly written, Christian. I just watched the video linked to Max Porter's performance of "Wild West" and sat here in awe, jaw hanging open. Thank you for sharing.
My God, Christian. This is what I've been struggling with for the last 4 and a half months. Thank you for sharing this. Thank you. Craft in a time of genocide.
I got two sentences in, and was instantly transported back to Baghdad when I was enlisted. My team was living on a forward operating base (fob) out among the populace, and this gave us a better sense of who we were trying to help (we were a civil affairs team). So, this had me recall my experiences of living among those whom I was working with. And it made all the difference.
TL:DR ~ live amongst those you're trying to write about. Trying to write about the suffering homeless? Take some time to experience their plight. Go be homeless for a week. Go full retard on it. Leave your shit at home, and take only the clothes on your back and a pen & notebook. Minimal cash$$. Experience it. Know what you're writing.
Then imagine everyone in the country trying to murder you while you search for food, shelter, and medicine. Now you've got "the experience" but simulated.
As a big Nick Cave fan and Red Hand Files subscriber you had me from the get go. We have a duty as artists to at least try to articulate the pain.
This is quite brilliant. Thank you for sharing, Christian.
Brilliantly written, Christian. I just watched the video linked to Max Porter's performance of "Wild West" and sat here in awe, jaw hanging open. Thank you for sharing.
The Craft. Wow. Am lit up and chewing on all of this… thank you