‘You know what, Alex, I believe this table is covered in little hopes.’ (Nanhe)
AN EPISODE ABOUT HOPE
Today’s episode, and the last one of 2020, is a little different. It is the result of a month-long collaboration with writer and philosopher Nanhe.
Throughout December, Nanhe and I run a Hope project on Instagram. It was extremely heartening to read everyone’s contributions throughout the month. In preparation for it, Nanhe and I wrote letters to each other, thus creating an exchange of feelings and intentions, focusing on hope. Fate had it that while we were writing the letters, I fell ill. And all at once, the letters took a different turn and helped with my recovery.
We each read each other’s letters on Instagram and planned to have a long lasting memory of these letters by publishing them in digital form (here and here) and also by recording them for the podcast.
In this episode of the podcast you will hear me narrating the letters, in order.
I hope you enjoy this different approach to hope and wish you warmest seasonal greetings.
The episode also explains the lack of episodes over the last month and a half, as well as the lack of Midday pauses. The reason for these absences is our family catching covid-19, with recovery very slow.
This also means that I still accept stories of 2020, which will be narrated early in 2021. If you would like to send a story, get in touch!