finding the poetry, ep. 2 | on living with illness | Kunisawa notebook
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- This is the second episode of an occasional series that I call "finding the poetry," intended to share some beautiful prose that I find along the way in my day-to-day readings, musings, and reflections. I am using the Kunisawa notebook to collect these findings, as long-form quotations that I would like to keep all together and that I can look back upon and read over when I would like to feel inspired.
In this video, I share some excerpts from Edith Hollander's post on "How Learning to Live with Illness Taught Me a New Way to Learn," some thoughts on living with illness while one is an academic, a writer, a creator. In light of my own struggles with writing and creating and the setbacks from long term illness, I wanted to share this short excerpt in case it might resonate with anyone who might be dealing with the same. Though I have many thoughts and feelings about this topic, I have kept this video relatively short, reciting just the excerpt (apologies for the sound quality of the voiceover).
Prose featured:
* Edith Hollander, guest post on Publish Not Perish substack, "How Learning to Live with Illness Taught Me a New Way to Learn": publishnotperi...
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"Learning made me feel more like me, and I wanted to keep it." Phew. Living with illnesses (in and outside of academia) sometimes means we lose or forget who we are. Thank you so much for this reflection to help us feel and be more grounded and centered. Sending you strength and love, academic sibling! xx
you are always so spot on with this, Mary!!
Thank you, Jennifer, for sharing and for pointing us to Edith Hollander’s substack article. I found her follow-up piece even more enlightening, the way she considers writing not so much as a project but rather as a practice. I also like her concept of ‘exposure therapy’ (to decrease anxiety) and the ‘have done list’.
you are so welcome, and yes I was so delighted to receive her substack article in my email the same day that I posted the video! I very much agree with you, her follow-up piece was so helpful, and I appreciated so much the ideas she offers up ~ exactly the one you mentioned was the one that really struck me, about writing not so much as these individual projects to complete, but as a practice, and the gentleness with which it can be something ongoing and that we continue with. thank you so much for watching, and for sharing as well!
This gave me chills.
I use my Kunisawa exclusively for my poetry. Many of them are extracted from my interactions with my daughter who has spent the last couple of years dealing with autoimmune disorders. Thank you for sharing!
oh my goodness, your comment gave me chills as well. what a moving coincidence that you use your Kunisawa for your poetry, and often inspired by your interactions with your daughter
Thank you for sharing! As someone who has recently been diagnosed with a chronic illness and is a PhD student, it's a nice reminder that there are other out there living and employing crip frameworks. Here's to spoons.
yes to spoons, and yes to crip frameworks!! I realize how ableist academia has been constructed to be, and I'm so glad that there are more of us to try to resist some of those structures ~ thank you so much for watching! 💖
Lovely video. Thanks for sharing
aw thank you so much as always, heather!