Sunday, October 18, 2009

A room of one's own by Virginia Wolf.



I strongly believe that we all enjoy Virginia Woolf’s book title; a room of one’s own, because we have had probably being interrupted while writing or reading something and as far as I’m concerned, most of people tend to stop that process of thinking while being interrupted. However, for many of us, this just isn't an option. But a lack of writing space should never keep us from writing. With a little determination and some creativity, we'll always find some way to work. From my own perspective, as a future teacher I’ll probably use this book to teach my students the importance of having a space to write or be alone when thinking.


First of all, I believe that we as human beings are lack of privacy due to the fact that we live in a society and we have to share our sapce with others. Secondly, we have had the ones that for example, while being children had to share our room with our sisters or brothers and when being an adult our children interrupt our private space, but we must have always a room of our own in which to write, a space internal that is fully and wholly our own, if not a physical space where we can quietly fold our hands, not dishcloths or the pijamas of small children, and ponder. And in our writing, we must strike matches in the dark, starting with the dark that lies within us. Because that dark will connect to the dark of another and another, like the thin thread of a spider web. And those threads connecting will keep us all whole.


From a feminst perspective I think that it is important for us, women, to know the importance of having a private space to think, to write, to read, to feel, etc. leaving aside all those daily duties and enjoy the time with ourselves in order to know us better and in that way the ones that love to write can have more inspiration and take a piece of paper and write their emotions and moments with themselves.