Theme explained:
The theme for fall 2024 PSPP is:
“Foolhardy”
Thoughts on the theme:
Personal stories of derring-do, desperation, and disaster—or not.
Prudence be damned. Throw caution to the wind. Full speed ahead.
Whoa! You want me to do what? Hell, no.
In between we live our lives bouncing between extremes, hugging the guardrails on one side and flirting with the cliff on the other, or perhaps charting a middle course of moderate variability between survivable titillation and restraining temperance. Foolhardiness is different for every person and different throughout one’s life. A spirit of adventure and a preference for safety lead us each to make choices when we can, and perhaps other choices when we have to.
The results can vary. It all depends.
Tell us your story.
Here are some thoughts that might spark your own discovery of ideas. These are not prescriptive, not intended to circumscribe the notion of what you might write. Have fun with it.
“Foolhardy” describes a range of circumstances. Yes, it’s foolishness in some cases, yet brave and daring in others. We hope to mine from all the stories any other connotations of the term which readers can appreciate through reading your personal story. In a nutshell, the stories will range from “derring-do” to “disaster” with “desperate” falling somewhere in between perhaps. The continuum may well extend before and after any suggested endpoints. Through your stories, we will discover together what “foolhardy” really means.