Hello World!
How are you? Are you OK? It all seems a bit crazy these days doesn't it.. with all these people fighting all the time, destroying each other and the land, doing all kinds of lunatic stuff and so little compassion. Ah well, we can only continue with our little worlds, doing the best we can, keeping creativity and life as our light.
And so.. we are very pleased to say that there is still life at ARC and in fact after a slow Ramadan start where it felt as if all activity had ceased the ball is now very firmly rolling! There are many Creative Writing courses being rolled out over the next months (see all adverts as they get posted over on the main ARC page) and the Dutch writer Saskia Konniger www.saskiakonniger.nl will be coming for a week's residence at the beginning of October, as she is currently writing her new book and needs some space and an environment to do so.
There are other enquiries also and once they are confirmed I will post details of other visiting artists.
Meanwhile we have 6 days left of Ramadan and then we will have the crazy Eid for 3 days and then ahhhhhhh we can all get back to 'normal' - whatever normal is in this city!
I have been feeling incredibly in need of NATURE!!! And I now feel that I need to spend time in Penzance again perhaps a couple of times per year, I need a fix of wildflowers, cliffs, the sea!!!! So, I will try to work out how to get that together, maybe organising some workshops for during my stay in Cornwall to pay for the expenses of the trip.
My beau and I are planning to get away for some days next week, to El Gouna. I had (and still do want) wanted to go to Nuweiba but with all the stuff going on in Sinai it's not overly advisable right now :/ and El Gouna looks beautiful and is by the Red Sea.
Anyway, I have to edit, then eat something (as I dont observe Ramadan myself, not being Muslim or religious in any way) and then get to my Pilates class!!!
Bye bye for now!!!!
Keep posted! :)))
