Thursday Thoughts...

“Some women are lost in the fire. Some women are built from it.” 

Michelle K.

A quick search makes me think I could be quoting a poet called Michelle K; a musician from regional Australia also called Michelle K; or perhaps K. Michelle an American singer. Apologies all round for not being sure who the words may belong to.

Fire is an interesting element to reference I think as it holds so many associations and connotations. It is easier for me to understand how a woman (or other) could be lost in fire. Fire can consume and destroy. It can leave nothing behind; it can remove all trace.

Trying to consider how a woman (or other) could be built from it is a tad harder. In some circumstances perhaps people can be burnt and recover and a new way of being is forged, and possibly built. I don't really think women rise from the ashes like phoenixes purportedly do. And now I think about it how DO phoenixes rise from the ashes??? Maybe I am just being too literal.

I can grasp how if a person's home and effects have been destroyed by, or lost to, fire that they may then re-build and build a life anew. And maybe that the fire event makes them stronger.

I imagine the main message is supposed to be that difficulties and challenges can either overwhelm you or you can emerge from them stronger and more resilient. 

Perhaps it's best not to be too literal about it all!

Our beach bonfire, Summer Solstice, Scotland 2025.