Spotlight On Writers – Ximena Escobar

I was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. When I was five our family moved to the United States, where we lived for two very forming years, in Bethesda, Maryland. Not only did I become fluent in English, but the experience planted a little seed in me, that I always saw myself living in another country. When I was 26 I met my Australian husband mid-flight across the Pacific Ocean, and after 3 years of life together in Sydney, we moved to Nottingham, England. So we are two expats who formed their home away from home; and having raised three children here, Nottingham is definitely home too. So I also hail from the UK.

Any human emotion, any intimate feeling or cathartic experience makes me want to capture it. Images in paintings or photographs too, or in one’s mind, sometimes explain something in an amazing way that I want to try to translate into words. To understand, I guess. And there’s the love of the craft too. I’ve always loved words, in Spanish and English, written and spoken; the magic they can create. Getting better at it as I go is a big motivation. Wanting to learn.

Oh, gosh. There are so many wonderful words I can hardly choose one. I love the word overwhelming. I think being overwhelmed is why I write.

The overwhelming pause at the other side of a moment. #onthespot