Kate Wickens's Blog: Celebrate the Human - Posts Tagged "mayaangelou"
Celebrate the Human Party
There are 7.4 billion of us and yet somehow it feels like we’re an endangered species at the moment.
Celebrate the Human is a blog that celebrates humans who are especially heartening in these times.
It reminds us of why we will succeed in resisting the meanness, greed and petty-mindedness of the demagogues and corporations who are trying to rule our world.
It reminds us of why, rather than giving up in despair and resignation, the human is actually worth fighting for in all its brave, imaginative, generous, wise, bonkers, brilliant, unruly splendour.
Rowena Cade is up there for her visionary determination and Kurt Vonnegut for his humour and compassion. Others planned for the near future are Maya Angelou for her resilience and openness; Nick Cave for his mythic story-telling; Caitlin Moran for her irreverent determination to make female unsaids mainstream and Alan Watts for his considered embrace of alternative ways of thinking.
On May 10th, we’re launching a massive Celebrate the Human online event in conjunction with the release of my novel Cursed Love Blues – a punk feminist book about an exiled goddess who, albeit grudgingly, learns to appreciate the baffling beauty and strange richness of humans.
The online event on the day itself will be about raising awareness about this project and the book by celebrating and publicising a variety of artists, healers, musicians and writers from all different walks of life.
Essentially it’s about celebrating humans who are making a positive difference.
We’ll be discussing what it means to bring out the best of being human and we’ll be focusing on culture in all its richness, especially where creativity, community, feminism, activism and healing are concerned.
Buy a copy of Cursed Love Blues on the 10th May from Amazon and receive loads of free stuff!
Artwork prints; yoga and meditation audios; playlists of revolutionary music; ground-breaking essays; short films and a manifesto for starting a Culture Club.
You’ll also be entered into a prize draw to win places on writers’ and healing courses; theatre and gig tickets; signed albums, artwork and books
Find out more at www.katewickens.me
Celebrate the Human is a blog that celebrates humans who are especially heartening in these times.
It reminds us of why we will succeed in resisting the meanness, greed and petty-mindedness of the demagogues and corporations who are trying to rule our world.
It reminds us of why, rather than giving up in despair and resignation, the human is actually worth fighting for in all its brave, imaginative, generous, wise, bonkers, brilliant, unruly splendour.
Rowena Cade is up there for her visionary determination and Kurt Vonnegut for his humour and compassion. Others planned for the near future are Maya Angelou for her resilience and openness; Nick Cave for his mythic story-telling; Caitlin Moran for her irreverent determination to make female unsaids mainstream and Alan Watts for his considered embrace of alternative ways of thinking.
On May 10th, we’re launching a massive Celebrate the Human online event in conjunction with the release of my novel Cursed Love Blues – a punk feminist book about an exiled goddess who, albeit grudgingly, learns to appreciate the baffling beauty and strange richness of humans.
The online event on the day itself will be about raising awareness about this project and the book by celebrating and publicising a variety of artists, healers, musicians and writers from all different walks of life.
Essentially it’s about celebrating humans who are making a positive difference.
We’ll be discussing what it means to bring out the best of being human and we’ll be focusing on culture in all its richness, especially where creativity, community, feminism, activism and healing are concerned.
Buy a copy of Cursed Love Blues on the 10th May from Amazon and receive loads of free stuff!
Artwork prints; yoga and meditation audios; playlists of revolutionary music; ground-breaking essays; short films and a manifesto for starting a Culture Club.
You’ll also be entered into a prize draw to win places on writers’ and healing courses; theatre and gig tickets; signed albums, artwork and books
Find out more at www.katewickens.me
