QuickWrite of the Day #61: Signs of Resilience

"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:

If we look around, there are signs of resilience  everywhere. Resilience - the ability to bounce back from tough times - can be seen in the trees that survive deserts, storms and saltwater. We can see it in the Japanese art of kintsugi, where broken pottery is repaired with precious metals instead of it being thrown away or disguised.

We can even read about it in Tupac Shakur’s poem ‘The Rose That Grew From Concrete’ below:

What signs of resilience do you notice around you? Pick an object, animal, person or something related to the natural world and write about it. What does it remind you of, make you think about or feel? Use this as inspiration and write!

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Happy writing!