Another year drawing to a close and Christmas is upon us. M. and Alpha road an empty bus along a familiar busy route, noting the deserted streets and silence of the City. Someone asked M. if she was "into Christmas"? How can we not treasure a time when things slow down, if not shut down completely... a time when for once, for an instant we are confronted with a different norm, a divergent structure of organising ones day. When family, suddenly, gains a prominence rarely acknowledged in conventional, contemporary day-to-day life ... perhaps especially in London.Yet what of this time of year when the family that is missing, that is gone, or that is too present, or strange, unknown faces us head-on? How do we negotiate the pressures, emotions, needs and desires, for family, friendship, connection, for community...? Perhaps if nothing else, this time of year brings these questions to the fore. And they are questions of the real raw emotions we cannot grapple with on a daily basis. They would surely paralyse us with their unconventional, non-production-oriented, emotional force.
Too many thoughts.
Coventry Carol (Mediaeval Babes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUFQoNW7NPs
To be continued...
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