I’ve had a lot of fun exploring different creative writing
techniques this week. It’s important to test our minds and challenge ourselves,
so when I saw Sarah Kays work I immediately began admiring her and her creative
expression through Spoken Word Poetry. I thought I’d give it go! (If you like
this, you all should google her! Especially her performance of “when love
arrives” with Phil Kaye.)
Admittedly, I’ve always thought of myself as a prose writer
rather than a poet, so it’s interesting for me to explore different creative
avenues, whether I’m good at them or not! I struggled when brainstorming what I
wanted my poem to be about. Then I realised I just had to be honest with
myself and write about what’s on my heart at the moment, mainly my writing;
suddenly the poem pretty much exploded onto the page. So, I decided to write
this poem based on the ‘art of writing’ and what it really means to me, after
all it seems to have encompassed my entire life.
An important point to note when watching this is that I have
definitely enjoyed hiding behind my computer and have never ever been a good
public speaker (my neck freezes and I can’t move my head, very robot-esque and entirely embarrassing). I am terrified of posting this, it
is so far out of my comfort zone I should be wearing a life jacket. So why am I doing it? Because sometimes,
we have to push the boat out, take the leap, look like a complete idiot when
doing so as we don’t really understand whats happening, just so that we might get
the opportunity to learn and grow. I’m at
a time in my life when I am open to embracing change, challenges and learning. What
I’m learning right now is that life is a guessing game. P.S Sorry about the wind/planes overhead - it annoyed me too.
