Now streaming: The Babblery’s interview with fascinating thinker Enid Baxter Ryce.
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I met Enid at a writing conference and immediately loved her beautiful and thoughtful way of looking at the world. I invited her to the podcast as an artist and filmmaker—and she declined. This year, she contacted me again. When we met she had been in a period of flux, realizing that her art needed to go in a new direction. And now Enid is blossoming with an impressive slate of gorgeous books, a new passion in teaching, and as ever, her own unique way of looking at human lives.
"I wanted them to give people a sense of connection across time. That when you're feeling lonely, you are not alone—that is a human feeling. And when you're feeling angry, you're also part of a grand tradition of anger... Poetry is very magical because what it does is it juxtaposes words that we see regularly and makes them magical again."
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Lovely interview. As a parent, I limited my kids to an hour of screen time every day. They could choose a video game, TV, or other device. This held until 2020, when my son was in high school. Then, his social life moved entirely online along with school. We also went hiking on weekends as a family. Now, we don't have the same time for hiking and he is on devices much of the time, though he does have a social life offline and a girlfriend. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of those pandemic days (though not the fear at all). And I very much miss the boy who read a book a day because he didn't have distractions.
Thank you for listening, Debbie! Yes, I have similar fond memories of good things the pandemic did for my family, such as the kid who always hated hiking taking it up because he could do it with friends. Sometimes restrictions lead to creativity and new understanding.