Oh, thank you, thank you, dear dark heart for this (I echo Dennis .. "illuminating" and) stirring interview. Your questions .. 5 great ones that only you could ask. You had me at the quote about the dark hole. I come from a long colonial and Christian lineage of "your dead aren't your business anymore" and slowly, slowly my more than human kin who invite me into their dying and death are restorying exactly what Samantha speaks of, "The dead don’t go anywhere, everything is forever." I find it so tempting to try and quickly fill the sorrow and the heartbreak of the hole instead of looking into it, sitting beside it, weeping and welcoming the Mystery of it all. Can hardly wait to dig into The Unwritten Book.
Courtney's illuminating interview with Samantha Hunt has produced at least two more readers of her book, Sharron and I, combined with recommendations of it for our friends.
What an incredibly eloquent and inspiring reflection on "ghosts"! I hope that she's still around as a centenarian, publishing superlative imaginations like this one. DD
Oh, thank you, thank you, dear dark heart for this (I echo Dennis .. "illuminating" and) stirring interview. Your questions .. 5 great ones that only you could ask. You had me at the quote about the dark hole. I come from a long colonial and Christian lineage of "your dead aren't your business anymore" and slowly, slowly my more than human kin who invite me into their dying and death are restorying exactly what Samantha speaks of, "The dead don’t go anywhere, everything is forever." I find it so tempting to try and quickly fill the sorrow and the heartbreak of the hole instead of looking into it, sitting beside it, weeping and welcoming the Mystery of it all. Can hardly wait to dig into The Unwritten Book.
Oh I love this Tina! Way to reclaim your right to stay close to your ancestors.
Courtney's illuminating interview with Samantha Hunt has produced at least two more readers of her book, Sharron and I, combined with recommendations of it for our friends.
What an incredibly eloquent and inspiring reflection on "ghosts"! I hope that she's still around as a centenarian, publishing superlative imaginations like this one. DD
Oh! I like Samantha very much. If she's still in NYS perhaps we should have an East Coast examined family gathering and Zoom you in.
Do you do these interviews by voice, written, all at once, unfolding? I’d love to know more about how you put these together.
I do email - easy peasy for busy people. But I love interviewing people live, of course.