Oh me too, I love the old Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories and weird tales, have since childhood (I’m currently reading William Hope Hodgson). Have you read this ?Part travelogue, part biographies of UK ghost story writers - https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Ghostland-Parnell-Edward/9780008271992
I like the idea that taboos can fuel creativity but there are so many downsides including not being able to easily make connections and form like minded communities which really matters for collective efforts like music and theatre.
Czech writing, especially that of Vaclav Havel. There was something romantic and oblique about it, as you had to decode it. But living under the regime as a writer was tough. Not sure how current Jewish creatives are relevant: there's certainly been a rise in anti-semitism, but there are still outlets, many online, including this one....
An outlet, but not a particularly lucrative one. We are learning of art gallery and film screening cancellations all the time, and our media isn't really interested. Of course, most won't even know they've been cancelled. But you're right that we will find a way.
Great commentary. And the sentences "To be outlawed was also to be romantic. To be permitted is to risk being boring" succinctly put.
Having said that, I confess that the underlying 'queer' messages of ye olde ghost stories escaped me - lol!
Oh me too, I love the old Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories and weird tales, have since childhood (I’m currently reading William Hope Hodgson). Have you read this ?Part travelogue, part biographies of UK ghost story writers - https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Ghostland-Parnell-Edward/9780008271992
I like the idea that taboos can fuel creativity but there are so many downsides including not being able to easily make connections and form like minded communities which really matters for collective efforts like music and theatre.
Thank you, I have ordered Ghostland!
Used to read some samizdat
Czech writing, especially that of Vaclav Havel. There was something romantic and oblique about it, as you had to decode it. But living under the regime as a writer was tough. Not sure how current Jewish creatives are relevant: there's certainly been a rise in anti-semitism, but there are still outlets, many online, including this one....
An outlet, but not a particularly lucrative one. We are learning of art gallery and film screening cancellations all the time, and our media isn't really interested. Of course, most won't even know they've been cancelled. But you're right that we will find a way.