You can’t write about the past and ignore religion. It was such a fundamental, mind-shaping, driving force for pre-modern societies. I’m very interested in what religion does to us – its capacity to create love and empathy or hatred and violence.
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Geraldine Brooks | morning
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Geraldine Brooks | imagination
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Geraldine Brooks | imagination
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Geraldine Brooks | food
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table, making sure everybody’s socks match, the soccer gear is ready. I admire idealists, but they’re usually enabled by someone who holds the tether on their balloon, who pays the bills and sweeps up after them.
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Geraldine Brooks | fear
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Geraldine Brooks | faith
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Geraldine Brooks | dad
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Geraldine Brooks | dad
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