A huge "Thank You!" to Nilima Raichoudhrey, who ran a superb writing workshop yesterday at the Abergavenny Arts Festival. We were a small group but benefited enormously from her experience in Zen writing, her time as a scriptwriter and her infectious enthusiasm for words and their expression. So much to think about after the session: about stories under stories, about "essence" - the unspoken in the spoken, the unwritten in the written - about writing as uncovering what you deeply know rather than what you think you know. A fascinating afternoon.
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Nilima Raichoudhury (third right) with
Festival volunteers |
Moments
My mother calls.
I do not reply.
Watching him walk out of our home, our lives.
The script ripped up.
A car engine overheating on the hills.
What about me?
Suddenly the motorway is empty.
No sadness at the melting doll.
The sky dark with a million stars...
copyright Gill Garrett 2018
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