‘West Village’ collage
Avant-Garde Selfie….
Wounded Souls
“While psychological pain can cause all manner of suffering, it can also be an important driver of human creativity. Distress can be functional; we are often moved to create because we need to feel better, to improve the quality of our lives and the lives of people around us” writes the New York-based clinical psychologist Yosef Brody in an article (from 2013) on Psychology Today. The relationship between ‘pain’ and ‘poiesis’ has been identified by many great minds in human history. Einstein is supposed to have remarked that “feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavors and human creations” and in Aldous Huxley’s dystopian masterpiece Brave New World (1931), where “civilised” humans have annihilated every suffering of life simply by popping tablets of a hallucinogenic called soma into their mouths, only “savages” are in a position to recognise the truth, beauty and goodness of Shakespeare.
A fitting illustration…
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BookArt16: A Treasure Trove Of Hand-Crafted Books Tucked Away At The Ledbury Poetry Festival
1 July- 10 July BOOKART16 The Weavers Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury HR8 1DW (this exhibition is now closed)
Cover: ‘Altered Box Of Much Loved Paints’ by Jeanette McCulloch
Each yearLedbury’s BookArt group holds an exhibit during the Ledbury Poetry Festivalfeaturing a collective of works crafted over the span of a year applying various mediums and poetry to create hand-crafted, and at times, printed books. The authors’ works come to life through the use of paints, photography, eco dying, ancient felt making, upcycling and ceramics.
I have attended the Book Art exhibition for the past 3 years as part of the poetry festival experience I look forward to with anticipation. Each exhibit showcases a variety of talent which differs from artist to artist, each as engaging as the last. I find myself consumed by the pages of each book, and there is nothing more intimate than flipping through the pages…
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