Frieda Hughes: The Intimacy of Death and Aliveness

For the season finale of this second season of Human, I am in a rare and intimate conversation with a very special guest; the artist, author and poet, the extraordinary Frieda Hughes. Grief and loss is something that has run throughout the landscape of Friedas’ life since the earliest years of her childhood with the loss of her mother, the writer Syliva Plath, her father the poet Ted Hughes and her brother Nicolas Hughes.  Of her childhood she has said, “there were happy times, but happiness is not what chiselled a shape out of me, and often it flowered in a garden of broken glass from more painful experiences.”Throughout her life she has used her painting and writing to document and articulate the emotion of these seminal experiences. Frieda’s life truly tells us of the redemptive power of creativity to transform the obliterative experience of grief into a life with prolific creative purpose. So if the world is feeling like a dark or difficult place, join us and let your heart be ignited by the fire of the human spirit.Created and hosted by Jess MillsCreative co-production by Bonny TydemanProduced by Joel Porter - Dot Dot Dot Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.