That is interesting what you said about your personal season for 2020. I had a similar, but opposite, reaction during the Trump administration. Most of my adult life has been filled with non-fiction, self-growth and creativity books and inputs.
But during the Trump administration -- the bad news was relentless. And I found the only books I could read were incredibly simple novels. Specifically, love stories. Not "romance" novels, but novels about people being kind, finding love, and sharing love. That was it. No other books could come in. My brain said "no."
And, since he left office my brain has been naturally meandering back to meatier subjects. I once again have interest in non-fiction, in growth, and in serious matters. I definitely noticed this!
I feel you. 2016. The UK voted for Brexit. Trump won the election. It all threw me for a loop. (It didn’t help that Bowie died and was followed by a bunch of other great artists and entertainers.) It was a year of dis-illusionment. I lost my illusion of what the world was like. That intrusion of reality shut down my creativity for most of 2017.
Members of the FOREST who voted for Brexit or Trump – the FOREST is neither right nor left – probably experienced those seasons in very different ways. Some people, I’m sure, barely registered a personal blip in the all the political turmoil. So many of our seasons – delightful and difficult – are personal.
That is interesting what you said about your personal season for 2020. I had a similar, but opposite, reaction during the Trump administration. Most of my adult life has been filled with non-fiction, self-growth and creativity books and inputs.
But during the Trump administration -- the bad news was relentless. And I found the only books I could read were incredibly simple novels. Specifically, love stories. Not "romance" novels, but novels about people being kind, finding love, and sharing love. That was it. No other books could come in. My brain said "no."
And, since he left office my brain has been naturally meandering back to meatier subjects. I once again have interest in non-fiction, in growth, and in serious matters. I definitely noticed this!
I feel you. 2016. The UK voted for Brexit. Trump won the election. It all threw me for a loop. (It didn’t help that Bowie died and was followed by a bunch of other great artists and entertainers.) It was a year of dis-illusionment. I lost my illusion of what the world was like. That intrusion of reality shut down my creativity for most of 2017.
Members of the FOREST who voted for Brexit or Trump – the FOREST is neither right nor left – probably experienced those seasons in very different ways. Some people, I’m sure, barely registered a personal blip in the all the political turmoil. So many of our seasons – delightful and difficult – are personal.
(Obviously no one was happy that Bowie died.)