LIVE writing

Life-Writing of Immeasurable Events (LIVE for short) ran from the start of the pandemic in 2020 until mid-2021. The project encouraged people to share what they are doing, feeling, and experiencing in these strange times, through life-writing. Submissions were sent in response to prompts, and the pieces published below include anecdotes, poems, journal or diary entries, essays, and other forms of life-writing.

Marble on the seashore

Why 'LIVE Writing'?

Sparkler

LIVE inspiration

Submissions

golden straw and grass against the sunset

The boy with the golden hair

03 July 2021

William Morris

How does newness cover silted gold?

17 June 2021

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Frosty Lace Curtain Unveils the Fathoms of the Sea

03 June 2021

Scrolls on a rack

Clicked-away identities

20 May 2021

Cracks in white wall

The moment I forgot about the pandemic

16 May 2021

Library books on a curved shelf

Looking for a smile

15 May 2021

A range of different coloured knotted scarves hanging in a row

A Bolt from the Blue

15 May 2021

Open water swimming

The laps of life

13 May 2021

Old photos for sale in Italy

Mass Observation May 12th Diary 2020

04 May 2021

Dried stream and mud

WORLDS END

03 May 2021

Pink fuchsia flower in garden

Simple Affiliations

03 May 2021

Brighton beach with four blue and white striped deckchairs

Diary entry, unedited, from 12 May 2020

30 April 2021

Slate grey

500 tones / 500 words

28 April 2021

Long Exposure

Long Exposure

28 April 2021

swallows

Walking With the Swallows

20 April 2021

fire

Not Writing

14 April 2021