Last night was a very late night which I spent working with a friend on a plan for our artistic futures.
We talked about inspiration, ideas, plans for performing and so on, and one of the things we discussed was how to introduce a performance.
I am not entirely sure why, but this conversation got me really inspired and I have been working on a poem today. What with my newspaper tales, my sofa-cushion discovery and this, I am starting to pull together a few related poems which create a narrative that is all about noticing the world around us and I am really excited about it.
It’s not only the pleasure of creating something new, but the way this series enables me to explore issues of importance. I have been trying to do this for a long time, with limited success, and it finally feels like it is coming together.
I will be working on the series for a while and leaving the prose alone for now: I have a few opportunities to showcase my work and I would be really happy to showcase something new and exciting.
As we plan a few joint performances and the set list for those starts to take shape, I will also be very interested to see if the poems work as well as standalone pieces as I think they will together.
Writing is a strange beast, but if I get these right it will create beautiful offspring!
Happy writing,
EJ
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Becoming a writer 