Writing group meeting 15 August 2012

Present in the sunny warm craft room Terry, Leonie, David C, Geoff, Cath, Helene and welcome back to Jessica who visited with 4 month old Eleanor.

News

Leonie had more calls from her daughter which is great and her son is visiting next week. Terry’s grandson is very creative and develops art from squiggles. Terry recommended the stars concert on 1 September 2012 at the Entertainment Centre. Cath has given her photographic equipment to Vincentia High and found a lovely café at the framing shops in Island Point Road. Helene saw the movie “The door”. Geoff went to the Eisteddfod. Geoff told us about an artisan day to be held once a month for artists to display their work at the Arts Centre in Nowra. David C visited the dentist, had no injection and felt no pain. Jessica introduced baby Eleanor.

Words of the day

Mawkish = obesity

Peripheral = edge border, threshold

Medalling = award winning

Engage = to bind or bring under agreement

Surreal = a form of art to express to the unconscious mind

Feckless = feeble, futile, aimless, weak and impotent

Writing from words of the day

My feckless girlfriend

Adolescent boys

I like big words - a great poem

At the pool

Art through peripheral vision

Four and twenty pies

Reading of homework

Less than 8 items. Myer or Spotlight.  A conversation at the gym. Mine forever. Catching up – funny conversations overheard in a coffee shop. Shelia the ladies maid a difficult conversation. Hell found me.

Exercise 

We had so much fun we did two rounds of progressive writes covering the topics – Solar Springs, The possum, Waltz back home, Home at the Lodge, Into music, Floundering in flounder, If you have the energy, Porridge, computer date, prawns are off, eggs and legs, not my real father and unicorns playing soccer.

Homework

The street where I grew up.