Welcome to my website
At the hub of all my work is my belief in human potential, and the power of the human spirit in conjunction with creativity to renew, re-envision and regenerate itself. Alongside this is my own strong need to celebrate: this earth, its beings, the fact of being alive.
My own creative work primarily takes shape through words and images: my books and my paintings. (You'll find some examples here; I will be adding to these.) My novel IMAGO is due out this year.
Equally important, though, is the work I do with others, primarily in the fields of creative and reflective writing, but always with an undercurrent of soulwork and the evolution of consciousness. I believe passionately that our way forward as a species depends on our growth in terms of consciousness, and I've been privileged to work with many lovely people.
To this work I bring a lifetime spent in the meadows and seas of literature, especially poetry, art, psychology (I trained in transpersonal counselling), the exploration of philosophy, mysticism and the personal growth movement.
I am interested in what makes good writing. But I'm also interested in writing with soul and imagination, and in writing for personal development and as therapy. I don't see these things as mutually exclusive, although sometimes one focus will take precedence over the others. My courses will enhance your understanding of the tools and dynamics necessary to create work that is the best you can produce; and frequent feedback suggests that they also enhance your understanding of yourself and of the world.
I believe that the writing process is as much a passionate journey into inner space as it is about reaching an outer creative destination. A common theme running through all my work is a dialogue between inner and outer landscapes. I believe in the alchemical power of words to forge connection: to oneself, to each other, to the natural world, to creative consciousness and the human potential movement, and to the silence from which words grow... and if these things interest you too, then welcome, friend.
Thank you for visiting.
NEW: 'WRITING THE NOVELLA' COURSE
14 - 18 July, Exeter; non-residential. Contrary to popular belief, a novella is not merely a long short story or a short novel, but has its own particular qualities. If you like intense, and feel 15-40,000 words is more manageable than the 60-120,000 of the average novel, you might be interested. Click here for details Places are limited and this will be the only opportunity to work with me in depth on this exciting form of fiction (currently enjoying a revival with Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach). If you would like to provisionally book a place, you are advised to do so asap via my email contact.
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GREEN ISSUES
June 2008
Iceland is Whaling Again
HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL
On May 20, 2008, Iceland announced that it would allow 40 minke whales to be killed over the next six months. This is in open defiance of the commercial whaling ban that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) implemented in 1986, and a reversal of the country's decision in 2007 to halt this brutal practice.
HSI commends Iceland’s foreign affairs minister, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, for her comments criticizing the choice to resume whaling. Gísladóttir noted the negative effects that this whale hunt will have on the reputation and future of Iceland.
By contrast, Iceland’s fisheries minister, Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson, is choosing to ignore the consequences of the hunt and allowing this unnecessary slaughter to proceed when he could be promoting whale watching, a lucrative alternative, instead.
TAKE ACTION
The killing has already begun, with at least one minke confirmed dead in the first week. Please write to Iceland’s fisheries minister and tell him to end Iceland's whale hunt once and for all and concentrate on promoting whale watching as a more humane and eco-friendly alternative to killing whales. You can sign the online petition on the Humane Society International's website; please click on the link below (if it doesn't open, please copy this link into your browser): http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/save_whales_not_whaling/take_action/
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Roselle Angwin - poet, writer, painter
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