Spectral
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Moving through moods and atmospheres (Passion, Anger, Joy, Nature/ The Sea, Melancholy, Philosophical/ Mystical, and finally Whimsy), Spectral is a book intended to be read in a number of different ways:
1. From beginning to end, moving through the blended spectrum of moods laid out in order;
2. As a mood-picker – either finding something to match your feelings from one of the seven main sections, or using something to change your mood to where you would like it to be; or
3. As a pic’n’mix menu of topics, emotions, and poetry forms.
The pieces come from a number of places across the years – some of them from NaPoWriMo prompts, some from commissions, some from workshops, others inspired by random book pages, musical sequences, or just turning up without warning. A couple come, inevitably, from this past age of isolation and confinement, and still others are inspired by the wisdom and grace of chosen family.
Not so much a pick-your-own-adventure book as a means to either follow an artistic journey laid out or choosing your own path, Spectral is an experience Fay is looking forward to sharing with you.
Fay Roberts is a classically-trained singer from Cardiff who's been getting on stages since the early ’80s. Ze was bitten by the performance poetry bug in 2006 in Milton Keynes. These days ze describes zirself as: ‘a performance poet and peripatetic percussionist who by day pokes projects and by night projects across a microphone…’
In 2017, zir first solo show, The Selkie, was shortlisted as best spoken word show of 2016-17 at the Saboteur Awards, and gained five-star reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2018. Ze has been commissioned to write poetry for: the BBC, neuroscientists, art exhibitions, science conferences, and a hospital chaplain.