It may have been noticed by a few, none more so than myself, that I have not written any ribald words of wisdom recently. In fact, it would not have been out-of-order to assume that I had successfully adhered to a rashly made New Year's resolution that went "don't write anymore" - I have not written anything since 2008.
The reason for this period of writing celibacy is simply because I didn't know where to start amongst the supersonic changes occurring in the world's political and economic environments. For some, this economic crisis has been heart rendering as money and jobs are lost, insecurity and fate become daily companions and the horizon remains a bleak and dried-out jungle of recriminations, attacks and little common sense. These unchartered waters have been heightened by the embarrassing array of pointless utterances as Britain's political elite mutter and waiver their ways through a crisis that has clearly shown a government (society) riddled by greed and self-centredness. Those very same human-traits that dragged the world into recession and left economies, countries and people crippled by astounding debts!
First the banking elite, then the executives and now the politicians!
It all happened so fast that I was unable to find an angle or entry into the fray! As soon as I came up with a topic the landscape changed; as soon as an idea rattled its way to my pen something else would happen that made it run out of ink!
The stock markets have been the hardest to understand! They have been breaking ceilings when bad things are reported, digging holes in the sea-beds when all the signs are positive. Newspapers are reporting crisis then contradicting themselves with hurriedly produced statistical upgrades! For a while Japan was sinking beneath the waves, one week later she is beating all expectations'. And those politicians, they win the award for baring human failings! As each revelation is drip-fed by the Daily Telegraph not one of our leaders manages to say the right thing! The whole government of the United Kingdom is flailing around like a pod of fish out-of-water! No single politician knows how to reply to their constituents, not one has an answer that justifies or waters down their life's can of worms. The average person does not know what the politicians should say to make things better, the politicians themselves don't know what to say and I don't either!
So maybe we should just sack the lot like we did with the bankers and executives! Sacking people does not solve the problems but at least it is all brushed under the carpet for a while! Check out the news in ten years time: Bank goes under crippled by reckless loans, the House of Lords stigmatised by expense revelations, executives get an average 30% pay rise year-on-year. But nobody will say anything, in fact it will be as if it never happened before and life goes on!
I can well imagine that the politicians in America are shivering in their shoes in-case their personal mountain of under-the-table shenanigans are exposed, that the European Union is trying to pull down a rusty portcullis on their fees office and that journalists the world over are scrambling to dig up the dirt on others nations top-of-the-pile greed and avarice so watch the news for more shattering drama in the world!
But all of this does me no good! All this change and impromptu revelation issuance does not provide for good writing, the world has moved on, yesterday's news is old news and so my printing press remains silent.
Oh by the way, I would though like to state here that my lack of input to Search Warp since the New Year has absolutely nothing to do with the gift received from them. In my Christmas pile was a lovely cup and spoon, which I have used constantly and am at this moment slurping out of in the hope that inspiration rekindles itself. Thanks crew: a lovely gift and appreciated, from a writer who should write more!
Ieuan Dolby
28/05/2009
Ieuan Dolby is the Author and Webmaster of SeaDolby.com. As a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy he has sailed the world for twenty years on a variety of rust buckets and state of the art vessels. Now living in Edinburgh, Scotland with his wife and son he writes about cultures across the globe and life as he sees it; a seafarers escapades with a few tall tales thrown in for good measure! Further articles and photographs of his travels can be found at his blog The Seadolby Articles and Tall Tales.
» left by Chaitanya from New Delhi, India (162 days 7 hours ago.)
Leuan! Nicely written article. I hope you write more. The so called leaders of the society, whether political or financial, were either unable or "unwilling" to see this economic crisis coming. But there's another side of the story as well. In my opinion it's high time for the common man to honestly introspect and take some of the blame for his own financial situation. Blaming people and situations which are not in our control does no good. Thought you might be interested in the following article:
Article: "Will the common man ever learn?" on "amitnolimit.blogspot
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