QuickWrite of the Day #24: From the Perspective of the Animals
"Writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives” (Gallagher, 2011: p. 24)
Today’s QuickWrite of the Day:
Recently, there have been a lot of ‘nature is healing’ social media posts that have gone out into the world, some serious and some not so serious, like the ones below:
I had my own moment like this during the week, with the birds in my local area taking over an anchored canoe appearing as if they were about to go on an adventure:
With this in mind, what do you think this current moment would look like from the perspective of the animals in this world? Would they be celebrating and partying? Plotting our destruction? Dazed and confused? Watching and judging from a distance? Warring with each other? Have a go at writing about it! For inspiration, check out the dog’s diary and cat’s diary entries below.
