AUTUMN|WRITING|CREATIVE WRITING
The Thoughts Corner
Autumn-powered reflections
It’s that time of the year again when the lines of Stevie Wonder’s dream-like and timeless melody, Visions, make me fall into a seasonal reverie: “I’m not one who makes believe/I know that leaves are green/they only change to brown when autumn comes around”.
Autumn is here. The colourful annual showcase to which nature treats us all and only it can deliver. Nature, the wise artist that uses its hands deftly to leave behind minute, thin and barely perceptible brush strokes in the landscape. Mamá natura, whose clever fingers manipulate light and give us glorious sunrises and unforgettable sunsets.
Many years ago the arrival of autumn was unintentionally enhanced by a beautifully crafted essay in Intelligent Life, the bi-monthly lifestyle and culture magazine published by The Economist. Entitled “The Uses of Difficulty”, the article purported to explain the reasons why some people placed hurdles in their way to achieve their goals. To quote two examples from the article, Ian Leslie the author, stated that “In 1966, soon after the Beatles had finished work on Rubber Soul, Paul McCartney looked into the possibility of going to America to record their next album. The equipment in American studios was more advanced than anything in Britain…
