Yet another (Return)

Forgive the gaps in blogs as I’ve sought to get a handle on this current world situation it’s made me retreat and take a step back from social media communications. Before I go any further with this post, I feel that I must state that:

I absolutely condemn terrorism in however it manifests itself.

My heart breaks for this whole situation, for all the people that have lost their lives and I cling to hope that a solution can be found soon. I hope that all hostages can be released. One factor that has affected me is the constant grind that this appalling situation brings, it feels different to before, not sure what has changed but it feels the constant atrocities are much worse. The loss of life of it all, the reporting of it, the language and the politics surrounding everything are horrendous. This of course has translated into social media wherein I feel the worse in people have been brought out. This situation is not as black and white as they would have you believe, yet the responses have been. Either you are for, or against us, they cry. The collective judging of each other’s actions, bullying, propaganda dismissal of facts has all contributed to the dreadful situation.

I have no answers to this, this is just what I feel, I realise that I come from a place of privilege, but it does makes everything I’m thinking of sharing, posting, doing seem frivolous and pointless. Even this blog, which I realise could be read in many ways, can be seen as showing off my privilege, the tone may come across wrong and inconsiderate, I may be wrong or I may be right but I’m willing to stand corrected on many things.

I will also add in that although I have been silent on social media, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been active in doing what I could. When I could. I will say that I have contributed to what I can. When I can.

This is part of what I’m doing now leaving these words here for consideration.

But I do know that increasingly shutting myself off from this form of communication will not be beneficial to myself in the long run, shutting off my voice completely is not the way to go. I need to be involved in communicating myself, even if it is just via work related stuff, it needs to be out there which then means that I must be involved in various social medias.

There are plenty of links to research available by much more eminent people than I, but here a few from me:

Naomi Klein: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzRweDXsM1q/?img_index=1

Adam Broomberg: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cza8Rd5yXes/

And in no way does this show support for this diabolical government but even this, by a conservative peer, shows some insight. This is Sayeeda Warsi (warning it is from that hellsite) https://twitter.com/SayeedaWarsi/status/1721622147666256362

So here I am making a return to writing this blog, posting and in general, not sure what response I will get but I will point those reactions to this text.

I’ve returned on this day as it would have been my Mother’s birthday today, and I feel that I should celebrate/honour her by doing something that I’ve either been putting off for a while or by putting off something I’d rather not to do, maybe both. I think she would have liked that very much.

I think I will try set down a tradition to honour her that I wear something pink and/or have a treat (something you shouldn’t have as she loved chocolate, treats, bacon and that M&S French butter on bread.) Every November the 20th I may do something like that, and if you’d like to join in then please do so, think she’d like that, and you’ll be honouring a wonderful woman.

Thank you for reading and as ever if you any thoughts, points, conversation or anything like that then you can get me through the usual channels.