The Beauty of Being a Writer

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

i think that's the hall mark of writers and creative people, that we just don't stop playing. But i also think that the weird thing is that often our play isn't seen us play when we're children. And if you have a blank note book and a pencil, you can sketch the clouds that day. You can look up, what is that weird leaf that i found? What is that? There are such a joy and magic in discovering names of things. I do want to say that all of this, though, is something that, you know, were, i don't know quite how it is there and yuc right now,. but here in the states, we're

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of ‘World Of Wonders’ and more.

An uplifting, soulful and inspiring chat with Aimee and Katherine, beginning with a foundation of wonder and never dropping the ball once.

Moving from prose to poetry and immediately feeling boundaries being lifted, Aimee has put out some truly valuable work into the world and this is a perfect opportunity to get to the heart of it all.

As always, it branches out into some rich areas including the juxtaposition of memoir and nature, enforced patriotism as a child, the gradual introduction of cultural reference while growing up, seeing the restrictive attitudes of the 80’s dissolving through generations, examples of harnessing the outdoors and nature from her parents and her geography being shaped by their professions, making your own entertainment, moments of wonder and how children can help trigger them in adults through example, the luxury of time in enjoying the outdoors and so much more to enrich your day.

AIMEE LINKS

KATHERINE LINKS

The Wintering Sessions