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You Are Your Voice - Speak It
The annual Ways With Words literary festival at Dartington Hall in Devon is a feast of words and voices. In 2009, two events on the life and work of Poet Laureate Ted Hughes delivered his words in his own voice and in someone else’s. The difference to meaning was thrilling. A documentary from producer/director Noel Chanan, ‘The Artist & The Poet’, presented Hughes in unrehearsed ...
Write Now - Silence Your Censor
Anyone who writes searches for their authentic voice. We recognise it when our writing sounds like we’re saying what we want to say how we want to say it. It’s a eureka moment, we know we’ve got it. When we express exactly what we think and feel, sense and imagine we’ve crossed the rubicon. It’s irrevocable knowledge; once we know ...
How Fearful Living Silences Our Creative Voice
I lost my balance at the turn of the year. Short dark days, the death of light and the year, remembering people I’ve loved who chose to live and die in midwinter roused love then fear. Celebration and sadness merged. I understand why there are myths and rituals through time and belief at this time of year. Being fully alive means accepting dying as part of life. ...
