explorations in creativity
This is the story of a different kind of cave hidden in the foothills of the moon. * * * During the course of this NaPoWriMo, without intending to, I've developed a method of sorts for creating art journaling poems out of words from the newspaper. It goes something like this: I create a background or …
This is what happens when you write blackout poems on an airplane... * * * * * * * * * * * *
I am diving into comics poetry this Autumn, inspired by Bianca Stone's online poetry comics class. What is a comics poem and how do you go about writing/drawing one? In the happy absence of fixed methods and definitions, I began checking out this mysterious territory. I started with the text from my recent poem, Fox, …
In which our heroine lands on the moon, eats Portuguese custard tarts with the moon-gypsy, and has her fortune read in the cards. To be continued... Join our heroine tomorrow for the concluding chapter: The Great Rodeo in the Sky! You can catch up on the story so far here and here.
In which our heroine flies on the back of an Eagle, joins the Convention of the Birds atop a great mountain, and catches hold of the moon with her golden lasso. To be continued... Join our heroine tomorrow for Chapter 3: The Gypsy on the Moon! You can catch up on Chapter 1 here.
(Source text: The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy by John Clute and John Grant) For more blackout poems click here.
Our final project for Comics: Art in Relationship was to create thumbnails for a 6-8 page story. Never having done such a long comics story before, I nearly bottled out. But then the story of ‘The Moon Girl’ came knocking on my door and I decided to go for it. I’m so glad I did. It made me realise …
follow the brush 
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