I'll be talking on Friday at this event. You can read more about it and an interview with the organiser here.
I've not talked about my work in public before so I'm a bit nervous and fearful of ending up sounding like Andy Warhol, minus the knowing, deliberately evasive aura, being the clever sod that he was. Instead, I'm in danger of sounding like a mumbling idiot.
My new booklet, Back To Earth (pic above) will get its debut appearance, being hot off the printing press. It would be logical to discuss that...but...I'm not known for demonstrating Spock-like logic. Talking of science fiction, Back To Earth has a sci-fi theme; the texts all being culled from old sci-fi mags.
It struck me yesterday that I've been writing science fiction for over 50 years, my visual poetry being a continuation of alien themes i.e. 'alien' language and especially the alien nature of visual poetry to the uninitiated. In a sense, I am trying to 'decode' my ideas as they appear 'in space', the space on the page. The creative act is as mysterious as any fantastical fictitious creations.
I'm sure I'll muddle through.
Meanwhile, here's another page from Back To Earth...
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