A love letter to words...
...the way they can veil or reveal truth, explain something clearly, or wrap it in metaphor to reach or souls understanding more deeply.
As wands they can be used for good or ill, to reveal or deceive, but no matter which they have an unquestionable power.
Spoken they can wind a magic of both resonance and meaning around us, drawing us into the hypnotic trance of a chant; encouraging us to follow on the path of story; up wards into the ecstasy of an experience, or deep into the quiet observance of the poet.
Storyteller
As a storyteller I choose not only to learn stories and tell them, but to live with them and plumb their depth for myself before telling them. I choose to tell stories, not only as entertainment, not only as stations of action, not only as clever metaphorical expression of the human condition, but as living beings, teeming with aspects of our imaginal and internal worlds, characters from the collective unconscious and as poetic expressions from the earths longing.
I tell stories that I feel living in my body, in the world directly around me or beneath my feet in the earth I stand on.
Once I feel deeply in a story, then, and only then, I will I tell it, and what I love to do is host after show discussions and workshops which include nature connection, sacred craft, ritual or writing to explore individual and collective relationships to the stories.
If you would like to book me for a telling or poetry reading/performance, please contact me through my contact form here, letting me know the setting and theme for your event, so we can explore whether I have a tale in my heart that is a suitable fit.
Video by Gavind Strachan music by Rose Wildwood
One of my favourite stories for you...
Previous events
The Story of Skeleton Woman
The Story of Skeleton Woman is a tale that is open, skinless, raw, sensitive, a roller coaster of emotions. A tale of love, death, rebirth and hope. It requires you to bring your fishing rod and seek skeletons at the depths of your soul.
Told by myself with poetic inspiring interspertions from Susan Taylor and emotive musical accompaniment from Carolan Grzsenski on harp and voice and Boe Huntress with guitar and voice.
