Amazing, overwhelming and fantastic are all the other words that spring to mind when I think of the chance and the privilege we had on this last Wednesday.
Rhys Hughes graced us with his charm his storytelling and his witty tricks with words. Pirates were the main theme, but we gained much more than simple "crimson sails and hidden islands", we got, alien horizons, water deities and their worshippers , treasures, psychotic 'cavaquinho' players and so much much more!
The room was full. Full of people and full of curiosity. And even though the question and answer part started with baby steps it gradually became a rapid movement with questions lashing from every side of the room, we were unstoppable and Rhys was quick to gives us answers.
A delightful afternoon, one to remember for a long time.
2 comments:
I was inspired to re-read Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino and must get my hands on the trilogy he mentioned. I was also intrigued by his ideas and creative ways of constraining the writing process.
Can any of you brainstrom all the different ideas he offered?
For example I remember taking the nth noun and then finding in a dictionary the nth noun entry to substitute the original word.
Another was the original inspiration for the story he read aloud - the visual image of 2 lines of foam on a beach representing 2 horizons.
Anyone up to a challenge to take on the latter idea?
Allyson
Lovely Lisbon in Rhys Hughes blog entry is calling out for a reply from you.......
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