I write because it excites me, it inspires me and it enables me to share my thoughts, feelings and perspectives with others. And now I am convinced there is an audience for everyone’s stories. I have also read so many interesting, fun and captivating (beginnings/parts of) stories of the other students. Now that I have been taking the classes, I have amazed even myself with some of the things I have put on paper. And the fear that my inspiration would just run out after a few stories. My biggest fear was that my stories or poems would not be interesting for others to read. What was your biggest fear about writing when you signed up for your first course and how do you feel now? Once I do write, I start feeling very happy and inspired and the classes help me force myself to actually put something on paper. Unfortunately, I have not yet mastered the art of writing while moving ). It has created the feeling that I am sitting still a lot, since I already have to sit for nine hours for work. I have noticed that the restrictions have had a negative effect on my writing. But of course, now during the pandemic, that hasn’t been possible. My favorite place to write is in a cafe by myself with a nice latte macchiato and a delicious cookie. But when I start, the writing luckily does flow naturally. And now that I think about it, even with the classes I almost always start late (sorry to the teachers!). I still haven’t found a good way to write on my own without the classes. While ox writers write every day, with or without inspiration. Cat writers can go days/weeks before writing anything and then erupt into writing. I would say I identify as a Cat writer most of the time. This week I learned the difference between a Cat writer and an Ox writer. What does your writing process look like?
I think Facebook’s algorithm found out my ‘secret’ interest and so I found the Collective! I decided that it was time to join a class and that’s how I enrolled over a year ago! In the same period, I was writing a lot of daily/weekly reflections on Instagram so perhaps you could say that that is how I started writing. I decided it wasn’t too late to look into writing and to try to do it on the side. But I had found a calling in children’s rights.
When I graduated and got my master’s degree, I realized I perhaps should have studied literature instead. I thought it combined the things I liked: writing, the news and being able to make a difference in the world. My love for stories and writing translated itself into my choice of studying law. I loved to read stories and dreamt about becoming a writer when I was a child but somehow, I never really wrote. Every weekend our mom would take us to the library and let us borrow the books we wanted. Aram is currently a member of our Level II Poetry course. The cats have been keeping them entertained, Aram says, while everyone is working from home. She and her husband, Rocco, recently bought a house in The Hague, which they share with Aram’s younger sister and two cats, Buddie (likes his alone time) and Addie (the adventurous sister). Aram and her team give legal advice to professionals-ranging from child protection helpers to lawyers to public prosecutors-and parents. In her daily life, Aram works as a legal advisor on international child abduction and child protection cases for the Central Authority on International Children’s Issues. They came to the Netherlands knowing only two things about the country, that there are tulips and cows. Her parents are originally from Tehran, Iran, but her family fled to avoid persecution for their Baha‘i faith. Aram Yazdani was born and raised in what she describes as the best city in the Netherlands, Groningen.
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