Last week I attended the launch of Susan Richardson's new collection of poetry, skindancing (Cinnamon Press, 2015) at the Waterloo Tearooms in the Wyndham Arcade Cardiff.
'skindancing is themed around human-animal metamorphosis and our dys/functional relationship with the wild/our animal selves. Its sources of inspiration include shapeshifting tales from a number of different cultures, from Inuit to Celtic, Native American to Norse, as well as Susan's ongoing engagement with shamanic journeying. As with Susan's previous collection, Where the Air is Rarefied, it features illustrations by visual artist Pat Gregory, who also created the mesmerising cover.'
Susan was my creative writing tutor for several years and helped me write my book Soothmoother's saga. She is a brilliant performer and her poetry is poignant, funny, bawdy, surreal, moving and quite unique; to use just a few describing words. The intricate and clever pencil drawings by Pat Gregory contain Susan's world within the framework of Celtic knots and patterns.
The Exhibition of poems and images goes on until Monday 1st of June.
Then it transfers to Waterloo Tea, Stanwell Road, Penarth and will be on until Thursday 2nd of July 2015.
On Tuesday 16th of June Susan is reading and performing her work in Penarth. If you want to be entertained and hear poetry from a mistress of the craft -Don't miss it!*
For further info: see www.susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk/poet/skindancing
A3 prints of Pat's drawings can be had for a mere £15 for black and white and £20 for a coloured front cover print. They can be ordered from patj-gregory@gmail.com
*Waterloo Tea has a lovely selection of teas served in ceramic pots and delicious cakes are very good too.
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