On being a banner in the wind

Frances Voelcker reflects on responsibility and personal choice

Prayer flags. | Photo: Photo: Nivedita Ravishankar / flickr CC.

I am feeling torn. The image is of shot silk, rent so that the two colours scream apart, destroying the fabric that needs them meshed to spring to life, shimmer and shift in the light.

‘That’s head talk,’ he said. ‘You need to listen to your heart. Don’t follow worldly wisdom. Listen to the voice of love.’

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