Our reader “C” has responded to the latest prompt: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” Here is their response: When I look at my life, I keep trying to pin my struggles or conflicts on someone else, but I’m not sure it’s fairContinue reading “I am my own antagonist”
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The antagonist
Hello all, this is Emily’s response to the prompt: “Imagine your life as a work of fiction. Describe the antagonist, and how you would prevail against them.” Some days it feels like I am a passenger in a story I did not create. One day I want to wake up and everything is as itContinue reading “The antagonist”
This Week’s Prompt: Can You Live a Fulfilling Life Without Being “In Love”?
Prompt runs until 22nd March 2026 We talk about love constantly. In songs, in films, in the advice we give each other at kitchen tables and over text messages at midnight. And yet, for all the words we pour into it, love remains stubbornly hard to pin down. This week’s prompt asks you to sitContinue reading “This Week’s Prompt: Can You Live a Fulfilling Life Without Being “In Love”?”
Empathy
Hello all, here is my response to the 2nd prompt. “Can you truly understand someone whose suffering you’ve never experienced, or is empathy always a kind of fiction?” I don’t know if there is a definite link between the experiences you have and how much empathy you feel for others. I know that for me,Continue reading “Empathy”
To those thinking of giving up
I spent Christmas day watching a marathon of Anthony Bourdain specials. An imperfect, broken hero of mine. He took his own life and the world is poorer for it. I don’t judge him for his final action, any more than I would judge any one person for any one action in the vast tapestry ofContinue reading “To those thinking of giving up”
Robert Hiraeth 