…Green Man/Morris Dancer/Goth at the annual Rochester Sweeps’ Festival.
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Tish Farrell
Writer on the Edge
…Green Man/Morris Dancer/Goth at the annual Rochester Sweeps’ Festival.
To find out more go to “Unexpected with bells, sticks and hankies at the Sweeps Festival” HERE
Tish Farrell 
And not even St. Patrick’s Day! How green was my …
He has no problem does he?
Hi Kathryn. He is certainly not holding back 🙂
Just needless.
LOL great capture
Now this is funny, and it’s not even St. Patty’s Day
Sometimes the English do break out. Unexpected, I know.
They sure do… lol
That festival was full of unexpected…but this one takes the prize! But I wonder what, more exactly, he’s expressing 🙂
Yes, there’s a lot going on there, isn’t there – a living installation of many cultural references. And all in a particularly interesting shade of green 🙂
Wonderful:)
Well, I know this is revisiting familiar territory, Janet – not green men of course 🙂
Wonderful – I want those glasses! 🙂
They’re wild aren’t they.
Lol…Every time I see any reference to Morris Dancing I think of Pratchett.
That’s a good thought process to experience, Ark – evincing the educated rodents and much widdling all round??? Or am I on the wrong tangent?
Well you got the sound right, Maurice
The dancers appear in other novels, notably Lords and Ladies and The Wintersmith. 😉
Thank you for that info, Ark. I need to read some more Prachett.
Everyone needs t read him once in a while.
Although I am disappointed with the newer stuff, especially Raising Steam. I think his illness is taking its toll, sadly.
That’s sad to hear. He’s written so many wise and heartfelt words – Hidden In Plain Sight!
Apparently he now ”speaks to his computer”.
I don’t how the writing process is for you, but I find the physical aspect f typing or writing the words is part of the creative process and it differs slightly from what runs around in my head.
Thinking words and simply repeating them, is not ( for me) the same as writing.
I have no idea if this is part of the problem for Terry, ( and if his secretary/assistant helps put) but the writing in Raising Steam, for example, was flat and the characters came across as wooden – characters I have come to love.
I’ve often toyed with the idea of dictating my stories, but I think you’re right about the act of writing. It is part of narrative process. It expands – makes some space around the original thoughts – and then often changes them. Of course, there may also be a time when one gets to the end of one’s well of fictional ideas, though that’s a rather sad thought.
I can’t say, Tish. I know I have hit several brick walls in story outlines/plots, but usually if I leave them alone they will come home dragging their tales behind them …
I have mental mapped out entire scenes and swathes of dialogue while out on a jog and all was required was for me to sit at the laptop and type. But I firmly believe that the physical act was the icing on le gateaux; something my gut tells me Terry needs and is sorely missing. Whatever the reason you are right about this : it is a rather sad thought.
You’ve inspired to write a post about story writing, Ark. Thanx
Oops … ”… helps out”
Great choice for the self-expression, Tish! Very unique. 🙂
A contemporary expression of the Green Man?
A guy I once work with said to me, there are happy Irish and there are evil irish. I’m not sure where this guy fits in. 🙂
Green is my colour too 🙂
🙂
Nice touch of steam punk in there too? Brilliant.
You’ve got it, Su. That was definitely the missing descriptor. Steam punk Morris, now there’s a name to conjure with 🙂
Kind of almost makes sense 🙂
I like to have rites, framing our life!
Yes, Frizz, I agree. Fiesta, festivals and feasts, and general friends and family get-togethers are all good for bringing joy to people’s lives, and creating a satisfying structure..