Interview with Lily Ogden

 
1. In “Letters,” you speak of potential missed opportunities and memories that once “exploded with relevance.” Would you say that existence has worth even as time shaves it away?
 
That is a very interesting question. I think existence in the term of experience has great worth. Nothing stays constant and our perceptions alter continuously. Existence is an acknowledgement that things are here now and have worth. The measure of time makes it more poignant.
 
2. It is said that most humans are forgotten after three generations. What would you wish for people to remember about you the longest?
 
As an artist and writer I would hope that even after I have gone, somewhere there is a creative part of me that still inspires or helps someone to dream. I would like to have that feeling remembered. A painting that is looked at, a story that is read. Something that brings joy long after the story of the artist is gone. 
 
3. If you were a ghost, where would you linger or wander? Why?
 
If I were a ghost I would linger in a forest. Somewhere already haunted by owls. I may wander woodland paths and drift after fireflies. I am a hermit in my current existence so don't see that I would be particularly drawn to crowds even as a ghost. It would be nice to see the night time inhabitants of forest and woodlands without scaring them away. That would make me a very happy ghost.



Lily Ogden originally from England now resides in the wilds of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. She has always had an appreciation for the small hitherto unnoticed things which have always inspired her creativity. She is an artist and writer, currently editing her first novel about two crows.