Thanks. It is also good to have a sneak peak into yr process - I am
inspired to write from those who keep at it on a daily basis! Tricks and
techniques couple with creative thinking give us a first draft - now I want
to write (and not cook!).
Andrew
On 24 May 2012 17:51, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Well, they are intentionally fragments. I was nudged into via Bill S when
> I saw the movie version of Coriolanus, and the line 'Go get you home, you
> fragments' struck me. It comes with a sense of the abject, of course, but
> because Fiennes performance was so (perhaps over)energetic there was a
> charge there (in my feeble brain, anyway), the People as fragments. Now,
> from there, in my own weird little poet mind, I moved along through thought
> and rethought and rejection and another thought to thinking maybe I can do
> something with this idea (and maybe not - it is an experiment, and bound
> for failure as any).
>
> One thought was I collected lines or phrases from the plays relating to a
> certain word that interested me and then did a bit of pick n mix as to what
> might work. I did one or two a while back, then gave it up, but the one I
> sent on Wed was one I did as a return to the idea this week - so, that one
> was of the nonce in our snap way. It was taken from a collection of lines
> using the word 'air'.
>
> But here's an earlier one which incorporates a fragment of the above
> quote. I have or two others that sort of work as well - one related to
> crows.
>
> Remainders
>
> Go get you home
>
> in hard voyages
>
> guarded with scraps
>
> the bits, and greasy relics.
>
>
>
> Nay, you were
>
> some slender ort
>
> From whence,
>
> fragment?
>
>
>
> It may lead nowhere and it may morph into another idea, or, or, or ...
>
>
> Thanks for the interest.
>
> Fragmented of Linden Park
>
>
> On 24/05/2012, at 6:50 PM, Andrew Burke wrote:
>
> > Tell us more, Jill - maybe with some examples?
> >
> > Interested of Bassendean
> >
> >
>
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Andrew
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