In Collusion

Thought I'd share the completed abstract compositions project I recently took part in; called "In Collusion", it was a poetry/collage project put together by writer and artist Makyla Curtis which required collaborators to create poems from a series of words provided, accompanied by pictures sourced from anywhere that had had to fit within the squares of the paper booklet.  Here are the pages from my contribution...

I really enjoyed this process - I cut up all the words and played around with them, and it was interesting to see how the various words and pictures I chose (from an old tourist book about Amsterdam) kind of started to bounce off each other and inspired different themes and ideas for each page.  Now, back to that last essay of mine...

In Bloom

My break from my last essay assignment for the year had me enjoying the spring sunshine in our neighbourhood and taking a few pics of the gorgeous flowers in bloom at the moment.  Here are a few of the faces that greeted me today...

xo

The Wordinary: Entry No. 14

a crapella

a-cra-pell-a
adverb or adjective

1.  How you actually sound when you attempt to sing without the usual backing of your super-loud stereo system or other musical accompaniment.  Most evident when one sings with ones head phones in - i.e. your performance may be X Factor material to you, but a crapella to everyone else in your vicinity.

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Abstract Compositions Project

This is what my Saturday looks like (in between editing photographs and working on an English essay...)

I'm taking part in writer/artist/editor Makyla Curtis' "In Collusion" project and have been spending the day cutting and pasting my way through my own little book of poetry and pictures.  You can find out more about Makyla here on her blog and information about the project here.

The Wordinary: Entry No. 13

congreenient

con-green-ient [kuhn-green-yuhnt]
adjective

1.  Used to describe persons who appear to be environmentally friendly only when it suits them.  (Arch enemy of the recyclopath.)

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Poetica: The Reveal

Yesterday I got to meet Elise - Founder of the Poetica Project in Christchurch, and sign my name to my poem the wall; I'm so grateful that I've been able to get involved in such a great scheme to spread poetry around this changing city.

Thanks to my fab friends for joining me. Here's hoping I'll be partaking in more Poetica projects in the future.
xo.

Link Love

I thought I'd share a few of my favourite links I've encountered on the web of late.  Enjoy!

♥ Ideas about what to do when you wake up at 6am and feel like you're alone in the world with time to kill...
♥ A Guide to Literary New York (anyone keen to sponsor me on an educational excursion?)
♥ A great Guardian piece about Literary Non Fiction
♥ This inspiring video of Dr Ryan Reynolds speaking at the recet Tedx EQChCh Conference
♥ An easy literary D.I.Y.

Check out more awesome literary photos here.