RE: ADSactly Culture - Writers in Exile
The theme of exile is similar to that of nomadism. In questioning the distance, the wandering, the displacement, the journey, the writer often comes to take an interest in our ancestors - and these first peoples, aborigines, Maoris, Tuaregs or Amerindians - for whom he was natural to move, to follow the game, to flee poor conditions, any threat, trade, or simply obey our bipedal condition: walk, move in
space.
Exile, like nomadism, like travel, allows us to reconnect with our oldest roots. The movement leads to reflection as walking drains the brain; learning a new language provides an opportunity to think differently; the distance gives back. These efforts, these constraints, allow the development of thought, the circulation of culture and of intelligence. Paradoxically, uprooting makes it possible to find one's roots ...
Certainly, @kouba01,exile is a characteristic of the writer, especially if we speak of inner exile, of that capable of making us see, know our spirit and from there our environment. There has always been talk of estrangement, of that capacity to look at things better as we move away. The detail of some exiles is that they were ordered by a government, which also closes their doors; that is, there is no Ithaca to return to, hence the mourning. It is one thing to leave your house, it is another thing to be forced to do so. Thank you very much for your reading and comment! Greetings