ISOLATIONIST: Commentary
With my book being out for nearly three weeks at this point, I thought it'd be fun to talk about each of them, what inspired them, facts surrounding the poems/book in general. It's not too late to snag a copy! Just contact me for one and I'll either deliver it or mail it to ya. $5 is all I ask, friends. So let's begin. ISOLATIONIST - So the title itself is a reference to when someone believes a country doesn't allow any visitors or intervention of Japan would seclude itself off from the rest of the world from 1603 - 1868, also known as Sakoku. I was reading up on the subject during lockdown when I came across that term 'isolationist'. It felt like an appropriate term even before the lockdowns started because I felt I was unhealthily becoming a recluse and not really interacting with people like I used to. I was isolating myself from everyone because I didn't want the heaviness of my depression to bum my friends out. That's been an ongoing