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Tag: Lockdown Living

From Bed to Shed: Writing Through the Pandemic

31st March 2022  Lucy Writers

Two years after the first UK lockdown, writers Shamini Sriskandarajah and Elodie Barnes reflect on how the restrictions (and opportunities) of Covid-19 have altered and shaped their creative practices.

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Posted in Arts, Books, Creative Writing, InterviewsTagged: Covid-19, Elodie Rose Barnes, Lockdown Living, lockdown writing, Pandemic, recovery, Shamini Sriskandarajah, writing

‘A Friendship Lost’ by Lolly Spindler

11th May 2021  Lolly Spindler

In her audio poem, ‘A Friendship Lost’, Lolly Spindler recalls the abrupt end to an important relationship and the feelings of shock, loss and loneliness that ensued.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: audio poem, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown Living, Lolly Spindler, lost friendship, Pandemic, Poetry, Spoken Word

‘Anchor Ourselves’ by Anna McKelvie

27th April 202128th April 2021  Anna McKelvie

In her poem, actor and poet Anna McKelvie cleverly employs the metaphor of a boat at sea to express the difficulties, uncertainty and camaraderie experienced during the pandemic. Here, friendship triumphs over troubled waters.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Corona Pandemic, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

‘Love from Polly’ by Polly Constance

6th April 2021  Polly Constance

In this poetic record of responses to her close friend and collaborator, Polly Constance captures the broken forms of contact and socially distanced care many of us have encountered during lockdown.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: communication, dancers, dancing, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, emails, Friends, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, letter writing, Lockdown Living, Pandemic, Polly Constance

Disagreements in lockdown by Shamini Sriskandarajah

29th March 202129th March 2021  Shamini Sriskandarajah

In this compelling personal essay, Shamini Sriskandarajah recounts a year of trying to connect with friends over text, email, phone and post; of having to explain racism to one white friend and denounce violent sexism to another.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Asian women, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Corona Virus, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

The Friends You Never Met (2020-2021) by Jess Moody

17th March 2021  Jess Moody

Sharp, witty and poignant, Jess Moody’s short fiction imagines the encounters and relationships that could have been enjoyed and nurtured were it not for lockdown.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash FictionTagged: Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Flash Fiction, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Jess Moody, Lockdown, Lockdown Living

‘We Might Be The Next Toni & Angela’ by Janyce Denise Glasper

11th March 202111th March 2021  Janyce Denise Glasper

In this heartfelt personal essay, artist Janyce Denise Glasper recalls the years of solid friendship she’s shared and enjoyed with writer Asia Aneka Anderson, the Angela Davis to her Toni Morrison.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Angela Davis, Artist, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, Gail Jones, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic, Toni Cade Bambera, Toni Morrison, writing

‘Dance – Alone – Together: Relational Presence in Post-Proximity Days’ by Georgia Gardner

17th February 20214th March 2021  Georgia Gardner

In her film, artist Georgia Gardner reflects on her experience of learning and participating in movement workshops via Zoom, and how the transition from physical space to a virtual one creates new selves and connections.

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Posted in Arts, Dance, Film and MediaTagged: Artist, choreographer, connection, Dance, dancer, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Film, friendship, Friendship During the Pandemic, Georgia Gardner, home, Lockdown Living, movement, Pandemic, studio, vimeo, yoga, Zoom

‘Friendship of a Different Order’ by Sammy Weaver

1st February 20211st February 2021  Sammy Weaver

During her daily walks, Sammy Weaver has found connection with birds, bats and lichen. Here, she considers how Covid-19 allows for friendship and kinship with those who are ‘more-than-human’.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Environment, Non-FictionTagged: animals, bats, Birds, Covid-19, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Donna Haraway, Environment, friendship, fungus, lichen, Lockdown Living, more-than-human, non-human, Pandemic, Sammy Weaver, wren

‘The Language of Grief’ by Alizah Hashmi

20th January 202121st January 2021  Alizah Hashmi

When her friend experienced the loss of a loved one, Alizah Hashmi was unsure how best to console her. In this personal essay, she reflects on how her friend’s loss helped her to realise that grief is unquantifiable, “infinite” and often comes without words.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: Alizah Hashmi, Covid-19, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, friendship, grief, Lockdown, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

‘The Composition of Us’ by Johanna Robinson

11th January 202118th January 2021  Johanna Robinson

Johanna Robinson’s flash fiction, ‘The Composition of Us’, celebrates friendship between women – the joy, tears, late night talks and parties experienced before the pandemic and now in lockdown, online.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Flash FictionTagged: Corona Pandemic, Creative Writing, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Fiction, Flash Fiction, friendship, girlfriends, Johanna Robinson, Lockdown Living, Pandemic

Community is Kindness: Our Summer of Mutual Aid

17th December 20207th January 2021  Tomilyn Hannah

As someone who was already fighting a life-threatening illness, Tomilyn Hannah was familiar with difficulties of social distancing and self-isolation. But lockdown gave her an opportunity to encounter the kindness of strangers, make new friends and be part of a new community.

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Posted in Creative Writing, Non-FictionTagged: community, Community is Kindness, Covid-19, Disembodied Voices, Disembodied Voices: Friendship During the Pandemic, Friendship During the Pandemic, Health, Health & Wellbeing, kindness, Lockdown Living, Mutual Aid, Pandemic, Tomilyn Hannah, WhatsApp

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