After listening to a BBC Radio 4 series
recently on the art of storytelling, I realised how fortunate I am to be able
to have this blog to express my opinions, view of life and even my values;
albeit creatively.
For some, they would agree that the
speech in our society has become too free and that people believe anything that
is posted on social media without question. Those that post an alternative
view, are trolled into submission.
Yet for many, there is no free speech …
still. And when they do speak, it has to be written in a way that the meaning
is hidden; understanding only for the sympathetic. The questioner is facing
imprisonment and death.
They’ve had to become creative, where
we choose to.
So as we welcome in 2021, perhaps we
should be grateful we can express ourselves without fear, and support those
that … can’t.
To listen to the BBC Radio 4 series,
What is a Story? written by Marina Warner, please go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0628b74/episodes/guide
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