What gives you hope?
Jan. 1st, 2017 01:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonyphoenixThis morning I’ve been asking myself one question: what gives me hope for the future?
So far,
Jo Walton’s My Real Children - as the author has said, this novel looks at the difference one person can make in the world
The Parable of the Sower and all of Octavia Butler’s Earthseed novels - in a bleak and dystopian future, one woman’s vision changes the world
Marge Piercy’s Woman at the Edge of Time - one woman’s criminal act protects the future but at great personal cost. In all of these novels, a better future comes at a personal sacrifice.
Sherri Tepper’s Grass - a woman trying to good within the constraints of her society breaks free of that box, saves a world, and launches herself into an unknown adventure
And a song, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” - I’ve been told this song was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is actually about seeing hope in a newborn child
And now I’m asking you. What gives you hope? What can you look to for inspiration?
And it doesn’t have to be a novel or a movie or a song. It can be anything: your own child, the upcoming Women’s March on DC, a poem, your faith, nature. It can be anything you can think of but, please, think of it and, if you feel comfortable, share it.
So far,
Jo Walton’s My Real Children - as the author has said, this novel looks at the difference one person can make in the world
The Parable of the Sower and all of Octavia Butler’s Earthseed novels - in a bleak and dystopian future, one woman’s vision changes the world
Marge Piercy’s Woman at the Edge of Time - one woman’s criminal act protects the future but at great personal cost. In all of these novels, a better future comes at a personal sacrifice.
Sherri Tepper’s Grass - a woman trying to good within the constraints of her society breaks free of that box, saves a world, and launches herself into an unknown adventure
And a song, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” - I’ve been told this song was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is actually about seeing hope in a newborn child
And now I’m asking you. What gives you hope? What can you look to for inspiration?
And it doesn’t have to be a novel or a movie or a song. It can be anything: your own child, the upcoming Women’s March on DC, a poem, your faith, nature. It can be anything you can think of but, please, think of it and, if you feel comfortable, share it.